Assay of thiocyanate 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

$4.93

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.

$12.67

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.

$1.40 with WCMG vs $34.35 with Cigna — 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 $1.40 ↓ -72%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4.44 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5.20 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.97 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $9.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.13 ↑ +85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.51 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9.51 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10.01 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $10.14 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $10.14 ↑ +106%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.34 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10.39 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $10.97 ↑ +123%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $11.03 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $11.41 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.41 ↑ +131%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↑ +136%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↑ +136%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11.63 ↑ +136%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↑ +136%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $11.63 ↑ +136%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $11.63 ↑ +136%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11.63 ↑ +136%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $11.63 ↑ +136%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $11.66 ↑ +137%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $11.98 ↑ +143%
United Medicaid|> 21 $12.67 ↑ +157%
United Medicaid|< 21 $12.67 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.67 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.67 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|HMO $12.67 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.67 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.67 ↑ +157%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.67 ↑ +157%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $12.67 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.67 ↑ +157%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $12.67 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12.67 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.67 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.67 ↑ +157%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $12.67 ↑ +157%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $25.76 ↑ +423%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.35 ↑ +597%

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Assay of thiocyanate at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $20.66 $2.33 – $32.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $45.37 $11.63 – $79.87
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $41.56 $11.63 – $79.87
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $39.33 $10.50 – $33.42
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $38.91 $10.50 – $33.42
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $60.53 $2.10 – $16.80
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $31.17 $4.41 – $21.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $82.47 $10.34 – $103.88

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