Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout 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

$3.93

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.

$10.10

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.

$1.12 with WCMG vs $42.57 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1.12 ↓ -72%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3.54 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4.15 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $5.56 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $7.18 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.28 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7.58 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7.58 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.98 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $8.08 ↑ +106%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8.08 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.29 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $8.79 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9.09 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.09 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $9.30 ↑ +137%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $9.53 ↑ +142%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $10.10 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $10.10 ↑ +157%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10.10 ↑ +157%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10.10 ↑ +157%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|HMO $10.10 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.10 ↑ +157%
United Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↑ +157%
United Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↑ +157%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.10 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $10.41 ↑ +165%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $31.92 ↑ +712%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $42.57 ↑ +983%

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Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $59.88 $2.88 – $91.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $23.97 $14.12 – $100.35
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $23.97 $14.41 – $126.82
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $23.97 $14.41 – $143.81
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $23.97 $144.15 – $144.15
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $23.97 $14.12 – $107.89
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $22.56 $12.25 – $28.82
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $11.67 $7.80 – $14.70

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