Spinal puncture lumbar diagnostic w/fluoroscopic or CT guidance at Mercy San Juan Medical Center
6501 Coyle Avenue, Carmichael, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972541498
$655.96
Cash price 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.
$2,394.00
Gross charge 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.
$84.69 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $84.69 | ↓ -87% |
| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $199.54 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $237.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $261.69 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $447.25 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $452.45 | ↓ -31% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $544.79 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $544.79 | ↓ -17% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $634.90 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $743.74 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $858.17 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +39% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +39% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +39% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $910.04 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $910.04 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $937.34 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $979.56 | ↑ +49% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,001.04 | ↑ +53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,022.97 | ↑ +56% |
| BlueShield | Medicare|Trauma | $1,137.55 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,360.50 | ↑ +107% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,360.50 | ↑ +107% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,365.06 | ↑ +108% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,451.20 | ↑ +121% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,505.62 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,814.00 | ↑ +177% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,814.00 | ↑ +177% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,814.00 | ↑ +177% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,814.00 | ↑ +177% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $3,310.00 | ↑ +405% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,898.00 | ↑ +494% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $4,218.00 | ↑ +543% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $4,277.00 | ↑ +552% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,280.00 | ↑ +552% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +689% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,178.00 | ↑ +689% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,178.00 | ↑ +689% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,346.00 | ↑ +715% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO Tandem | $5,625.00 | ↑ +758% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $6,255.00 | ↑ +854% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $6,584.00 | ↑ +904% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO | $6,776.00 | ↑ +933% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,070.00 | ↑ +978% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,484.00 | ↑ +1041% |
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Spinal puncture lumbar diagnostic w/fluoroscopic or CT guidance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $790.59 | $359.92 – $1,617.30 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $601.34 | $138.50 – $1,117.44 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,391.79 | $951.25 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $851.30 | $237.90 – $1,766.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,204.13 | $237.90 – $1,771.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $757.74 | $237.90 – $1,821.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $745.34 | $237.90 – $1,607.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $737.31 | $237.90 – $1,587.11 |