Cath lt/rt pulm art 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

$658.58

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.

$1,693.00

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.

$111.50 with United vs $7,087.00 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
United Medicaid|< 21 $111.50 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|> 21 $111.50 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $145.21 ↓ -78%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $184.36 ↓ -72%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $193.35 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $264.82 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $330.45 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $414.82 ↓ -37%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $414.82 ↓ -37%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $586.60 ↓ -11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $599.34 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $687.16 ↑ +4%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $940.44 ↑ +43%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,257.00 ↑ +91%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,257.00 ↑ +91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,324.04 ↑ +101%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,340.80 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,374.32 ↑ +109%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,676.00 ↑ +154%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,050.00 ↑ +515%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,062.00 ↑ +669%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00 ↑ +768%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00 ↑ +768%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00 ↑ +768%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,087.00 ↑ +976%

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Cath lt/rt pulm art at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $620.21 $137.15 – $1,104.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,238.21 $111.50 – $634.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,134.06 $111.50 – $614.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,097.05 $111.50 – $1,815.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,085.22 $111.50 – $2,019.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,341.30 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,341.30 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,222.64 $0.80 – $1,138.20

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