Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit 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

$172.90

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.

$631.00

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.

$69.41 with WCMG vs $16,950.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $69.41 ↓ -60%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $220.85 ↑ +28%
United Medicaid|< 21 $240.27 ↑ +39%
United Medicaid|> 21 $240.27 ↑ +39%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $240.27 ↑ +39%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $258.71 ↑ +50%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $264.30 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $316.99 ↑ +83%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $336.15 ↑ +94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $336.15 ↑ +94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $336.15 ↑ +94%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $336.15 ↑ +94%
United Medicare|All Plans $336.15 ↑ +94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $336.15 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $336.15 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $336.15 ↑ +94%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $340.74 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $346.23 ↑ +100%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $369.76 ↑ +114%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $420.19 ↑ +143%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $422.77 ↑ +145%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $451.71 ↑ +161%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $456.51 ↑ +164%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $473.25 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $473.25 ↑ +174%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $504.23 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $504.80 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $523.73 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $530.04 ↑ +207%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $550.22 ↑ +218%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $550.22 ↑ +218%
United Commercial|HMO $631.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $631.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $631.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16,950.00 ↑ +9703%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16,950.00 ↑ +9703%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $411.29 $253.53 – $732.42
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $173.25 $51.16 – $396.45
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $229.50 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $634.73 $240.27 – $969.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $217.12 $84.34 – $319.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $581.34 $240.27 – $969.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $926.02 $240.27 – $1,996.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $916.04 $240.27 – $1,971.84

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