Bronchoscopy treat blockage 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

$1,837.64

Cash price

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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.

$4,724.00

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.

$241.81 with United vs $12,547.00 with Health Net — 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

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 $241.81 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|< 21 $241.81 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $248.00 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $263.63 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $419.30 ↓ -77%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $519.64 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $574.29 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $716.62 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $899.58 ↓ -51%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $899.58 ↓ -51%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,299.70 ↓ -29%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,653.40 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,936.84 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,543.00 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,543.00 ↑ +93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,708.00 ↑ +102%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,731.96 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,779.20 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,873.68 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4,454.74 ↑ +142%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,667.00 ↑ +154%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,724.00 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,724.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $4,724.00 ↑ +157%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,724.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,725.00 ↑ +157%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,845.02 ↑ +164%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,845.02 ↑ +164%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $4,845.02 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4,865.72 ↑ +165%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,698.00 ↑ +210%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $6,831.00 ↑ +272%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,923.00 ↑ +277%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,122.00 ↑ +288%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $7,368.00 ↑ +301%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,006.00 ↑ +336%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,006.00 ↑ +336%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,006.00 ↑ +336%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,133.00 ↑ +343%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,971.00 ↑ +443%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $12,547.00 ↑ +583%

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Bronchoscopy treat blockage at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,339.59 $241.81 – $9,357.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,292.80 $241.81 – $9,240.63
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $5,091.24 $411.07 – $6,413.12
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $1,294.38 $241.81 – $5,905.00
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $5,068.48 $480.59 – $9,797.06
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,029.84 $241.81 – $5,196.40
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $1,294.38 $241.81 – $4,724.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $1,360.52 $241.81 – $4,724.00

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