Crystal identification light microscopy at Mercy Hospital of Folsom
1650 Creekside Dr, Folsom, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1356389878
$68.47
Cash price 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.
$176.00
Gross charge 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.
$6.36 with Partnership Health Plan vs $163.08 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.36 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6.91 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $7.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $7.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $7.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $7.33 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7.33 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7.33 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $7.55 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.80 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8.80 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8.80 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.12 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.12 | ↓ -87% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.03 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $16.22 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.15 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.75 | ↓ -73% |
| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $19.36 | ↓ -72% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.52 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.52 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.62 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $49.10 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $49.10 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $49.10 | ↓ -28% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $61.60 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $72.16 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $93.16 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $96.80 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $116.50 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $124.96 | ↑ +83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $126.72 | ↑ +85% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $132.00 | ↑ +93% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $132.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $139.04 | ↑ +103% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $140.80 | ↑ +106% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $144.32 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO Tandem | $153.12 | ↑ +124% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $158.40 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $158.40 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $161.92 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $163.08 | ↑ +138% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Crystal identification light microscopy at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $77.09 | $7.33 – $22.87 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $52.59 | $1.47 – $73.72 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $176.46 | $7.18 – $58.31 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $119.84 | $7.33 – $21.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $104.57 | $4.75 – $17.97 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $109.76 | $5.94 – $22.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $68.64 | $7.33 – $52.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $67.90 | $7.33 – $51.35 |