Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) 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

$728.99

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.

$1,874.00

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.

$65.99 with Hill Physicians vs $1,536.68 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $65.99 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|< 21 $87.13 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|> 21 $87.13 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $95.84 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $98.80 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $131.77 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $139.74 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $139.74 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -81%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $143.93 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $163.80 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $165.55 ↓ -77%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $205.63 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $205.63 ↓ -72%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $206.14 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $246.65 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $246.65 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $246.65 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $374.64 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $439.91 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $530.93 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $586.59 ↓ -20%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $655.90 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $663.96 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $768.34 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $929.42 ↑ +27%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,405.50 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,405.50 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,480.46 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,499.20 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,536.68 ↑ +111%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $555.39 $131.82 – $989.04
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $814.83 $21.27 – $1,006.86
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,818.66 $140.89 – $332.32
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $940.32 $87.13 – $1,787.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,575.76 $87.13 – $602.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $749.12 $87.13 – $601.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $403.65 $87.13 – $870.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $399.30 $87.13 – $859.52

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