Bx breast add lesion strtctc 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

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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.

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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.

$80.52 with Hill Physicians vs $9,971.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $80.52
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $503.48
United Medicaid|> 21 $526.80
United Medicaid|< 21 $526.80
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $579.48
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $990.38
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,000.92
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,243.25
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,243.25
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,265.24
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,698.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,122.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,971.00
WCMG Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Bx breast add lesion strtctc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $171.26 $105.57 – $916.63
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,369.46 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $499.91 $526.80 – $1,048.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $400.63 $249.48 – $905.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,997.84 $526.80 – $2,118.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,976.30 $526.80 – $2,356.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $877.20 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,007.07 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00

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