Folic acid 5 mg/ml injection solution at Mercy San Juan Medical Center
6501 Coyle Avenue, Carmichael, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972541498
$84.12
Cash price 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.
$307.00
Gross charge 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.
$9.79 with WCMG vs $89.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $9.79 | ↓ -88% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $22.25 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.49 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $48.06 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $65.86 | ↓ -22% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $66.75 | ↓ -21% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $66.75 | ↓ -21% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $71.20 | ↓ -15% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $73.87 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $82.77 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $89.00 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $89.00 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $89.00 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $89.00 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $89.00 | ↑ +6% |
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Folic acid 5 mg/ml injection solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $101.18 | $18.09 – $52.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $0.13 – $0.13 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $328.28 | $24.30 – $52.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $30.19 | $14.58 – $52.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $113.53 | $35.60 – $89.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $11.38 | $7.75 – $31.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $84.15 | $0.13 – $0.13 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $84.15 | $0.12 – $0.13 |