Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$2,149.62

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.

$5,526.00

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.

$104.93 with United vs $6,353.00 with United — 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 $104.93 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|< 21 $104.93 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $105.98 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $115.42 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $126.75 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $160.53 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $197.27 ↓ -91%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $247.63 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $247.63 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $451.20 ↓ -79%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $476.96 ↓ -78%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,517.60 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,777.76 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,254.72 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,861.76 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $2,905.12 ↑ +35%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,252.00 ↑ +51%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,252.00 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,295.36 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,425.44 ↑ +59%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,468.80 ↑ +61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $3,555.52 ↑ +65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,555.52 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,815.68 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,902.40 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $3,902.40 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,945.76 ↑ +84%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,945.76 ↑ +84%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,945.76 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $3,989.12 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|HMO $4,149.00 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,385.00 ↑ +151%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,353.00 ↑ +196%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $540.50 $145.32 – $1,011.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $832.03 $97.19 – $1,660.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,227.57 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,218.52 $92.17 – $2,474.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,193.48 $104.93 – $1,756.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,007.05 $92.17 – $1,701.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,518.88 $104.93 – $3,357.08
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,502.50 $104.93 – $3,357.08

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