Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$58.74

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.

$151.00

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.

$2.71 with Partnership Health Plan vs $138.92 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2.71 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3.58 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $3.80 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $3.80 ↓ -94%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|< 21 $3.89 ↓ -93%
United Medicaid|> 21 $3.89 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $3.91 ↓ -93%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.56 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $4.56 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.56 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.22 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $8.42 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $9.18 ↓ -84%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $9.18 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.22 ↓ -81%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $16.61 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.64 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.64 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.64 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $44.87 ↓ -24%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $52.85 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $56.11 ↓ -4%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $61.91 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $78.54 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $83.05 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $107.21 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $108.72 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $113.25 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $113.25 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $119.29 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $120.80 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $123.82 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $131.37 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $135.90 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $135.90 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $138.92 ↑ +136%

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Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.02 $3.80 – $11.86
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $32.18 $0.76 – $52.38
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $141.57 $3.80 – $10.78
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $36.63 $3.80 – $53.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $129.66 $2.97 – $11.51
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $72.72 $3.80 – $18.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $71.94 $3.80 – $18.17
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $114.20 $3.80 – $124.00

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