Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id 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

$44.94

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.

$164.00

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.

$1.32 with WCMG vs $26.30 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1.32 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3.72 ↓ -92%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4.20 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4.80 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4.92 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.04 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6.48 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $6.60 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $7.08 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $7.18 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $7.44 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $7.92 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $8.39 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.90 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.90 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.90 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.90 ↓ -80%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8.90 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.90 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $8.90 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $8.90 ↓ -80%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8.90 ↓ -80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9.00 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $9.17 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $9.60 ↓ -79%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $9.60 ↓ -79%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $9.79 ↓ -78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9.96 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|> 21 $10.30 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|< 21 $10.30 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $10.68 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.68 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.68 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.68 ↓ -76%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $11.13 ↓ -75%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $11.33 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12.00 ↓ -73%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.00 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -73%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $13.35 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $19.73 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.30 ↓ -41%

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Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $155.49 $3.24 – $23.63
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $4.46 $1.78 – $11.85
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $31.88 $8.72 – $72.27
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12.58 $5.86 – $22.95
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $65.94 $6.50 – $11.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11.52 $3.17 – $26.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $38.59 $5.50 – $25.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $38.17 $5.50 – $25.60

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