Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump 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

$609.93

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$2,226.00

Gross charge

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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.

$136.26 with Hill Physicians vs $7,484.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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

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 $136.26 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|> 21 $155.94 ↓ -74%
United Medicaid|< 21 $155.94 ↓ -74%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $188.51 ↓ -69%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $220.33 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $255.47 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $258.19 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $392.44 ↓ -36%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $392.44 ↓ -36%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $584.33 ↓ -4%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $701.05 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $766.15 ↑ +26%
United Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +33%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $812.46 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $812.46 ↑ +33%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +33%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $821.23 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $836.83 ↑ +37%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $893.71 ↑ +47%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $1,015.58 ↑ +67%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,081.62 ↑ +77%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,218.69 ↑ +100%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,502.25 ↑ +146%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,502.25 ↑ +146%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,602.40 ↑ +163%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,662.49 ↑ +173%
United Commercial|HMO $2,003.00 ↑ +228%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,003.00 ↑ +228%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,003.00 ↑ +228%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,003.00 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,310.00 ↑ +443%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,898.00 ↑ +539%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,218.00 ↑ +592%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00 ↑ +601%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,280.00 ↑ +602%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +749%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +749%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +749%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00 ↑ +776%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,625.00 ↑ +822%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,255.00 ↑ +926%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6,584.00 ↑ +979%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $6,776.00 ↑ +1011%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,070.00 ↑ +1059%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00 ↑ +1127%

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Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,279.84 $191.81 – $1,693.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,998.18 $845.36 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,441.94 $155.94 – $2,017.82
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,335.16 $155.94 – $2,017.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,493.12 $155.94 – $5,376.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,466.24 $155.94 – $1,274.27
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,653.64 $890.68 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,810.50 $806.82 – $8,018.00

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