Tc-99m exametazime diag 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

$1,547.01

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.

$5,646.00

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.

$454.09 with Partnership Health Plan vs $5,423.07 with Cigna — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $454.09 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|< 21 $454.09 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|> 21 $454.09 ↓ -71%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $499.50 ↓ -68%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $621.06 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $853.69 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $862.77 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $994.25 ↓ -36%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,039.87 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,039.87 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,054.35 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,054.35 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,054.35 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,054.35 ↓ -32%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,054.35 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,054.35 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $1,054.35 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $1,054.35 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1,085.98 ↓ -30%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $1,159.78 ↓ -25%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $1,317.94 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,323.86 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,323.86 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|HMO $1,323.86 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,332.11 ↓ -14%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,581.53 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,665.14 ↑ +8%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,976.10 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,314.86 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,328.75 ↑ +51%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,588.93 ↑ +67%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,048.84 ↑ +97%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $4,066.43 ↑ +163%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,234.50 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,234.50 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,516.80 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,686.18 ↑ +203%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,423.07 ↑ +251%

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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,243.49 $686.99 – $2,214.42
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $3,147.18 $2,025.00 – $2,025.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $3,147.18 $2,025.00 – $2,025.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $2,922.38 $1,806.00 – $1,806.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $2,922.38 $1,806.00 – $1,806.00
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $3,147.18 $2,025.00 – $2,025.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $3,147.18 $2,025.00 – $2,025.00
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $3,147.18 $2,025.00 – $2,025.00

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