Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath 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

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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.

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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.

$766.15 with BCBS - Anthem vs $18,293.00 with Aetna — 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

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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $766.15
Humana Commercial|All Plans $812.46
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $812.46
United Medicare|All Plans $812.46
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $812.46
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $812.46
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $812.46
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $836.83
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,771.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,487.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3,531.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,700.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,104.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5,173.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5,506.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,078.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,082.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $18,293.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $18,293.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18,293.00
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
WCMG Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $953.97 $588.06 – $1,698.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,591.74 $785.56 – $3,644.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,457.85 $785.56 – $3,644.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $809.53 $529.74 – $1,569.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $800.80 $529.74 – $1,549.98
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $719.72 $249.69 – $998.76
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $840.48 $685.79 – $5,171.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,179.87 $648.12 – $1,944.36

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