Clotting assay whole blood 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

$234.96

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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.

$604.00

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.

$17.73 with United vs $555.68 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $17.73 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|> 21 $17.73 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $17.73 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $19.47 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $19.50 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $20.57 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $23.87 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23.87 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.87 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $33.33 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $33.69 ↓ -86%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $41.84 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $41.84 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $43.68 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.24 ↓ -75%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $66.44 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $93.67 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $93.67 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $93.67 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $209.14 ↓ -11%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $211.40 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $247.64 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $261.54 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $332.20 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $366.11 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $428.84 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $434.88 ↑ +85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $453.00 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $453.00 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $477.16 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $483.20 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $495.28 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $525.48 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $543.60 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $543.60 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $555.68 ↑ +136%

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Clotting assay whole blood at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $43.66 $17.73 – $67.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.99 $17.73 – $67.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $144.90 $17.73 – $273.70
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $275.23 $17.73 – $494.90
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $165.50 $17.73 – $501.32
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $131.68 $17.73 – $483.20
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $165.50 $17.73 – $604.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $173.96 $17.73 – $501.32

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