Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide 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

$22.91

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.

$83.60

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.

$2.42 with WCMG vs $55.15 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 $2.42 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.82 ↓ -70%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $7.70 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $8.80 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.24 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11.88 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $12.10 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $12.98 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $13.64 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $14.52 ↓ -37%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↓ -28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↓ -28%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.61 ↓ -27%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $17.60 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $17.60 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $17.62 ↓ -23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18.26 ↓ -20%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -18%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -18%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $18.68 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $18.68 ↓ -18%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $18.68 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $19.24 ↓ -16%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $20.55 ↓ -10%
United Medicaid|> 21 $22.00 ↓ -4%
United Medicaid|< 21 $22.00 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $22.00 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $22.00 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Options PPO $22.00 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|HMO $22.00 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.00 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22.00 ↓ -4%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $22.00 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $22.00 ↓ -4%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $22.00 ↓ -4%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $22.00 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $22.00 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $22.00 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $22.00 ↓ -4%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $22.00 ↓ -4%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $23.35 ↑ +2%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $28.02 ↑ +22%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $41.36 ↑ +81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $55.15 ↑ +141%

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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $36.62 $5.67 – $49.56
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $39.44 $3.74 – $27.41
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $70.89 $18.31 – $224.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $35.79 $11.00 – $48.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $26.64 $11.91 – $22.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $32.78 $5.94 – $56.57
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $31.02 $11.00 – $53.67
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $30.69 $11.00 – $53.67

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