An fluoro guide for cvp 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

$900.15

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.

$2,314.00

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.

$63.56 with United vs $2,314.00 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.

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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 $63.56 ↓ -93%
United Medicaid|< 21 $63.56 ↓ -93%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $69.92 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $88.43 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $111.91 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $119.49 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $120.76 ↓ -87%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $150.00 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $150.00 ↓ -83%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $254.54 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $273.31 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $301.46 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $301.46 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $301.46 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $495.37 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $619.49 ↓ -31%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $809.90 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $867.18 ↓ -4%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $948.74 ↑ +5%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,735.50 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,735.50 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,828.06 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,851.20 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,897.48 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,314.00 ↑ +157%

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An fluoro guide for cvp at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $608.39 $96.16 – $1,083.42
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $321.44 $104.87 – $475.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,045.18 $63.56 – $909.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $157.18 $61.06 – $231.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $871.42 $63.56 – $908.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $372.49 $63.56 – $803.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $368.47 $63.56 – $993.96
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,705.44 $391.85 – $772.22

All California hospitals for this procedure →