Azithromycin 500 mg intravenous solution 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

$55.63

Cash price

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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.

$143.00

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.

$2.22 with United vs $41.76 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $2.22 ↓ -96%
United Medicaid|< 21 $2.22 ↓ -96%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2.35 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2.44 ↓ -96%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $3.30 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $3.51 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3.51 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $4.20 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $4.20 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $4.20 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4.20 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.20 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.20 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4.20 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.34 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4.62 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.80 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.80 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.80 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $5.16 ↓ -91%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $5.50 ↓ -90%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $6.10 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.89 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.88 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $20.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $23.92 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $29.90 ↓ -46%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↓ -33%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $39.50 ↓ -29%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.00 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $41.76 ↓ -25%

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Azithromycin 500 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $82.35 $3.36 – $28.86
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $4.44 – $29.24
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $128.40 $3.36 – $104.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $47.44 $2.22 – $104.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $52.69 $2.22 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $52.12 $2.81 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $4.44 – $31.65
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $4.77 – $37.75

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