Bone tendon board add on 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

$8,923.66

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.

$22,940.00

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.

$87.76 with BCBS - Anthem vs $13,027.20 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
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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 Commercial|Connection EPO $87.76 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $109.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $153.23 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $260.63 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $347.58 ↓ -96%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1,492.70 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,121.10 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,121.10 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3,121.10 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $3,256.80 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3,392.50 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $3,528.20 ↓ -60%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $3,935.30 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $3,935.30 ↓ -56%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,428.00 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8,684.80 ↓ -3%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $8,820.50 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|HMO $8,956.20 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,227.60 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $9,499.00 ↑ +6%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,177.50 ↑ +14%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,177.50 ↑ +14%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,177.50 ↑ +14%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $10,856.00 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,127.40 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $11,534.50 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11,534.50 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $12,213.00 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $12,213.00 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12,213.00 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $12,484.40 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13,027.20 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $13,027.20 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13,027.20 ↑ +46%

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Bone tendon board add on at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7,529.45 $408.31 – $18,265.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,448.27 $171.28 – $19,686.15
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,176.86 $307.92 – $14,207.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,180.77 $123.17 – $7,793.28
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $9,096.30 $157.67 – $9,950.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $6,935.67 $193.45 – $12,471.48
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $7,830.01 $27.50 – $11,577.93
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $5,835.10 $525.77 – $13,570.00

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