Bx prst8 ndl sat sampling 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.

$297.47 with United vs $10,369.00 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
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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 $297.47
United Medicaid|< 21 $297.47
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $327.22
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $385.35
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $390.32
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $559.24
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $565.19
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $702.03
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $702.03
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,279.12
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,708.00
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4,273.95
United Medicare|All Plans $4,532.29
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,532.29
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $4,532.29
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,532.29
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $4,532.29
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,532.29
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,667.00
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4,668.26
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,725.00
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,416.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,698.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $6,831.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,923.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,122.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $7,368.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,006.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,006.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,006.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,133.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,971.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,369.00
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|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
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
WCMG Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Bx prst8 ndl sat sampling at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $450.04 – $8,044.86
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $2,570.00 – $4,847.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $297.47 – $4,382.26
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $297.47 – $297.47
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $297.47 – $4,382.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $297.47 – $4,382.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $297.47 – $4,382.26
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $5,004.98 – $9,858.00

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