X-ray bone survey infant 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

$370.18

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.

$1,351.00

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.

$63.60 with United vs $1,121.33 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $63.60 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|< 21 $63.60 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $69.96 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $82.25 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $119.57 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $120.84 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $131.77 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $139.74 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $139.74 ↓ -62%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $143.93 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $145.64 ↓ -61%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $145.64 ↓ -61%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $148.61 ↓ -60%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $153.71 ↓ -58%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $174.68 ↓ -53%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $209.61 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $229.66 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $229.66 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $229.66 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -34%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $273.48 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $373.71 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $439.91 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $466.98 ↑ +26%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $472.85 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $553.91 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $586.59 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $653.83 ↑ +77%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $729.54 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,013.25 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,013.25 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,080.80 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,121.33 ↑ +203%

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X-ray bone survey infant at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $1,024.80 $142.00 – $142.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $249.66 $96.22 – $527.07
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $1,024.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,024.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,024.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $577.20 $96.00 – $96.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $577.20 $96.00 – $96.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $1,024.80 $142.00 – $142.00

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