Whfo w/joint(s) custom fab 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

$205.50

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.

$750.00

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.

$82.50 with WCMG vs $727.50 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.

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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 $82.50 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $172.50 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $172.50 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $172.50 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $180.00 ↓ -12%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $187.50 ↓ -9%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $195.00 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $210.00 ↑ +2%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $210.00 ↑ +2%
United Medicaid|< 21 $292.28 ↑ +42%
United Medicaid|> 21 $292.28 ↑ +42%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $292.50 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $300.00 ↑ +46%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $321.51 ↑ +56%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $390.00 ↑ +90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $397.50 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|HMO $420.00 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|Options PPO $420.00 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $420.00 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $487.50 ↑ +137%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $487.50 ↑ +137%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $532.50 ↑ +159%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $562.50 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $562.50 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $585.00 ↑ +185%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $600.00 ↑ +192%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $615.00 ↑ +199%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $615.00 ↑ +199%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $622.50 ↑ +203%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $637.50 ↑ +210%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $637.50 ↑ +210%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $637.50 ↑ +210%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $675.00 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $675.00 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $675.00 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $690.00 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $727.50 ↑ +254%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $727.50 ↑ +254%

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Whfo w/joint(s) custom fab at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $433.57 $292.28 – $992.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $397.10 $192.47 – $992.74
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $504.45 $292.28 – $1,121.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $163.50 $172.50 – $667.50
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $291.75 $82.50 – $720.00
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $205.50 $82.50 – $750.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $216.00 $172.50 – $675.00
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $175.00 $495.89 – $917.40

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