Pvb thoracic single inj site at Mercy San Juan Medical Center

6501 Coyle Avenue, Carmichael, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972541498

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$76.39 with Hill Physicians vs $7,484.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $76.39
United Medicaid|< 21 $131.42
United Medicaid|> 21 $131.42
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $144.56
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $247.07
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $249.70
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $300.95
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $300.95
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $565.11
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $858.17
Humana Commercial|All Plans $910.04
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $910.04
Molina Medicare|All Plans $910.04
United Medicare|All Plans $910.04
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $910.04
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $910.04
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $910.04
Humana Medicare|All Plans $910.04
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $937.34
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $1,001.04
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $1,137.55
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,365.06
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,310.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,898.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,218.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,280.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,625.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,255.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6,584.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $6,776.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,070.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
WCMG Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital

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Pvb thoracic single inj site at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,202.04 $131.42 – $1,728.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,189.08 $131.42 – $1,706.40
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,419.85 $178.73 – $1,430.80
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $885.73 $208.96 – $1,370.04
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $1,097.34 $187.93 – $1,474.90
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro $549.15 $399.00 – $1,818.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $198.83 – $1,617.30
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $951.25 – $2,695.00

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