Carbon dioxide 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

$29.96

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.

$77.00

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.

$0.15 with WCMG vs $14.40 with Cigna — 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $0.15 ↓ -99%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $0.48 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $0.56 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $0.75 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $0.97 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.98 ↓ -97%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1.02 ↓ -97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1.02 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1.08 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1.09 ↓ -96%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1.09 ↓ -96%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1.12 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $1.19 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1.23 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.23 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1.26 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1.29 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $1.36 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $1.36 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1.36 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1.36 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $1.36 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.36 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1.36 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1.36 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1.36 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1.36 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1.41 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $10.80 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.40 ↓ -52%

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Carbon dioxide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $69.65 $2.95 – $124.02
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $30.05 $0.98 – $46.56
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $95.37 $4.78 – $38.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3.41 $1.95 – $12.57
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $47.29 $1.95 – $11.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3.12 $1.95 – $14.77
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $57.51 $1.91 – $42.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $56.89 $1.91 – $41.87

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