88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at Mercy Hospital of Folsom

1650 Creekside Dr, Folsom, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1356389878

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$55.24

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.

$142.00

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.

$15.62 with WCMG vs $142.00 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 $15.62 ↓ -72%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $21.69 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.03 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23.03 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|HMO $23.03 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $42.93 ↓ -22%
United Medicaid|< 21 $49.68 ↓ -10%
United Medicaid|> 21 $49.68 ↓ -10%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $49.68 ↓ -10%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $49.70 ↓ -10%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $54.65 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $57.24 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $58.22 ↑ +5%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $60.48 ↑ +9%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $93.40 ↑ +69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $94.39 ↑ +71%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $106.50 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $106.50 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $112.18 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $113.60 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $113.60 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $115.31 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $115.31 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $115.31 ↑ +109%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $116.44 ↑ +111%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $117.24 ↑ +112%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $117.24 ↑ +112%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $142.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $142.00 ↑ +157%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $92.82 $36.08 – $117.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9.07 $10.59 – $49.95
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $16.65 $5.31 – $20.51
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8.30 $5.72 – $58.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.78 $13.72 – $55.70
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.06 $13.72 – $55.70
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $98.43 $36.08 – $164.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $142.29 $36.08 – $117.43

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