Chloramphenicol sodium injec 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

$56.02

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.

$144.00

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.

$5.79 with BCBS - Anthem vs $153.92 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5.79 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7.23 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.10 ↓ -82%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $15.84 ↓ -72%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $33.86 ↓ -40%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $35.21 ↓ -37%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $42.03 ↓ -25%
United Medicaid|< 21 $53.11 ↓ -5%
United Medicaid|> 21 $53.11 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $58.38 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $58.38 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $58.38 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $58.38 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $58.38 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $58.38 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $58.38 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $59.04 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $59.07 ↑ +5%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $64.22 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $96.33 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|HMO $96.33 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $100.91 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $108.00 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $108.00 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $113.76 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $115.20 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $115.42 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $118.08 ↑ +111%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $126.22 ↑ +125%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $126.22 ↑ +125%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $126.22 ↑ +125%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $153.92 ↑ +175%

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Chloramphenicol sodium injec at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $7.56 – $91.35
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $14.58 – $54.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $72.62 $8.12 – $141.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $28.62 $10.40 – $141.42
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $8.65 $5.20 – $119.34
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $39.46 $9.06 – $125.28
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $18.32 $9.66 – $265.55
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $31.40 $16.08 – $123.22

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