Bactericidal level serum at Mercy Hospital of Folsom
1650 Creekside Dr, Folsom, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1356389878
$5.77
Cash price 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.
$14.83
Gross charge 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.
$1.64 with WCMG vs $44.34 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $1.64 | ↓ -72% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $5.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.09 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $8.16 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $10.53 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $10.68 | ↑ +85% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11.13 | ↑ +93% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11.13 | ↑ +93% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $11.72 | ↑ +103% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11.87 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $11.87 | ↑ +106% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12.17 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO Tandem | $12.91 | ↑ +124% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $13.35 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.35 | ↑ +131% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.36 | ↑ +132% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $13.65 | ↑ +137% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13.99 | ↑ +142% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $14.83 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $15.28 | ↑ +165% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $33.25 | ↑ +476% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.34 | ↑ +668% |
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Bactericidal level serum at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $25.01 | $15.02 – $36.80 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $159.59 | $15.02 – $572.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $8.09 | $9.94 – $14.83 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $4.28 | $5.20 – $33.25 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $14.72 – $95.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $15.02 – $120.71 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $15.02 – $136.88 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $15.02 – $59.72 |