Uric acid blood 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

$49.32

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.

$180.00

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.

$4.01 with Partnership Health Plan vs $149.40 with MultiPlan — 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 $4.01 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4.26 ↓ -91%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $4.52 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $4.52 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4.66 ↓ -91%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4.97 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.42 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $5.42 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.42 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.42 ↓ -89%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $5.65 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $5.75 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|> 21 $5.75 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $6.32 ↓ -87%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $6.78 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.54 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $10.02 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.11 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $13.17 ↓ -73%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $13.17 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.36 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.03 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.03 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.03 ↓ -65%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $19.80 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $55.80 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $63.00 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $72.00 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $73.80 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $75.60 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $79.70 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $97.20 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $99.00 ↑ +101%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $99.59 ↑ +102%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $106.20 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $111.60 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $118.80 ↑ +141%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $135.00 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $135.00 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $139.44 ↑ +183%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $144.00 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $149.40 ↑ +203%

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Uric acid blood at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $120.89 $4.52 – $14.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.76 $0.90 – $13.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $166.26 $4.43 – $36.93
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $182.76 $4.52 – $12.74
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $67.94 $4.52 – $83.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $167.39 $3.51 – $13.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $140.98 $4.52 – $60.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $139.46 $4.52 – $60.04

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