Bronchial allergy tests 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

$699.82

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.

$1,799.00

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.

$38.07 with Hill Physicians vs $26,722.00 with United — 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
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $38.07 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $39.06 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|> 21 $73.40 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|< 21 $73.40 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $80.74 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $112.29 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $137.99 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $173.22 ↓ -75%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $173.22 ↓ -75%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $197.89 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $315.62 ↓ -55%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $629.65 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $657.52 ↓ -6%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $697.26 ↓ -0%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↓ -0%
United Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↓ -0%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $697.26 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $697.26 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $718.18 ↑ +3%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $737.59 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $856.75 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,071.43 ↑ +53%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,349.25 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,349.25 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,421.21 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,439.20 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,475.18 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,499.80 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,799.00 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|HMO $12,190.00 ↑ +1642%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,722.00 ↑ +3718%

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Bronchial allergy tests at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $737.46 $479.94 – $768.53
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,225.35 $80.38 – $1,543.50
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $870.30 $73.40 – $2,281.68
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $492.93 $39.06 – $1,493.17
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $798.53 $93.97 – $1,543.50
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $392.19 $38.07 – $1,439.20
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $492.93 $73.40 – $1,799.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $518.12 $38.07 – $1,493.17

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