Brace cust back lso 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

$2,400.13

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.

$6,170.00

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.

$645.31 with United vs $6,108.30 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 $645.31 ↓ -73%
United Medicaid|< 21 $645.31 ↓ -73%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $678.70 ↓ -72%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $709.84 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,213.18 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,226.09 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,419.10 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,419.10 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,419.10 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,522.93 ↓ -37%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,522.93 ↓ -37%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,542.50 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,468.00 ↑ +3%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,468.00 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,270.10 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,948.80 ↑ +65%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4,010.50 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|HMO $4,072.20 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,195.60 ↑ +75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4,319.00 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,627.50 ↑ +93%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,627.50 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,627.50 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,874.30 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,936.00 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,059.40 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5,244.50 ↑ +119%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,244.50 ↑ +119%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,553.00 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,553.00 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5,553.00 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5,676.40 ↑ +137%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,923.20 ↑ +147%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,923.20 ↑ +147%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,923.20 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,108.30 ↑ +154%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,108.30 ↑ +154%

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Brace cust back lso at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,654.77 $906.72 – $2,946.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $758.63 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,617.84 $299.50 – $599.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,481.76 $113.81 – $599.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $587.27 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $718.46 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $490.88 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $718.46 not published

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