Semen analysis w/count 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

$33.16

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.

$121.00

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.

$8.12 with BCBS - Anthem vs $121.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $8.12 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -74%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -74%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $8.61 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $8.61 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $8.87 ↓ -73%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.33 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|HMO $10.33 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.33 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.33 ↓ -69%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $10.76 ↓ -68%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $12.91 ↓ -61%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $13.31 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $19.08 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.44 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $32.42 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $32.42 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $32.42 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $37.51 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $42.35 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $48.40 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $49.61 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $50.82 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $65.34 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $66.55 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $71.39 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $75.02 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $79.86 ↑ +141%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $90.75 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $90.75 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $96.80 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $96.80 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $100.43 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $121.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $121.00 ↑ +265%

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Semen analysis w/count at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $17.99 $1.72 – $25.22
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $88.70 $8.61 – $59.28
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $124.26 $8.61 – $61.74
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $84.88 $8.61 – $138.25
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $290.50 $8.61 – $50.41
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $26.38 $8.12 – $96.80
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $47.07 $8.12 – $99.22
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $33.16 $8.12 – $121.00

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