Cardiac shunt imaging 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

$1,803.02

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.

$4,635.00

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.

$150.67 with Hill Physicians vs $3,800.70 with MultiPlan — 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 $150.67 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $203.80 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $206.51 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $487.39 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $487.39 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $487.39 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $497.94 ↓ -72%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $509.85 ↓ -72%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $528.04 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $528.04 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $543.88 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $842.62 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,053.75 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,475.06 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,523.13 ↓ -16%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,622.25 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,900.35 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,030.99 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,317.50 ↑ +29%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,317.50 ↑ +29%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,476.25 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,476.25 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,661.65 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,708.00 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,800.70 ↑ +111%

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Cardiac shunt imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $430.56 $265.41 – $1,824.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,770.56 $507.06 – $1,920.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $364.70 $491.50 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $360.77 $143.47 – $1,976.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $280.77 $111.51 – $531.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $573.20 $124.99 – $511.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $980.10 $552.06 – $6,158.70
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $1,930.30 $135.86 – $3,144.20

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