Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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

$1,830.87

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.

$6,682.00

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.

$257.99 with Hill Physicians vs $6,378.55 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 $257.99 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|< 21 $271.30 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|> 21 $271.30 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $298.43 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $510.04 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $515.47 ↓ -72%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $621.28 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $621.28 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $667.02 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $707.34 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $707.34 ↓ -61%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $728.56 ↓ -60%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $735.02 ↓ -60%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $778.07 ↓ -58%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $884.18 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $913.78 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $913.78 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $913.78 ↓ -50%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,061.01 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↓ -40%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,166.59 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,977.25 ↑ +8%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,338.70 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,636.53 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,739.62 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,608.28 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,645.76 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,555.67 ↑ +149%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,011.50 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,011.50 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $5,345.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,546.06 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,378.55 ↑ +248%

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $829.36 $107.65 – $1,198.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,372.63 $271.30 – $4,848.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $457.82 $271.30 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $452.88 $271.30 – $2,565.73
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,385.49 $755.17 – $2,213.99
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,731.67 $698.35 – $2,421.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,641.38 $271.30 – $6,473.08
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,410.72 $593.60 – $1,291.95

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