CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast 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

$2,761.52

Cash price

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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.

$7,099.00

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.

$145.45 with Hill Physicians vs $5,821.18 with MultiPlan — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $145.45 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $213.78 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $220.61 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $233.94 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $233.94 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $233.94 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $233.94 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $233.94 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $233.94 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $240.96 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|< 21 $251.61 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|> 21 $251.61 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $276.77 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $401.74 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $473.03 ↓ -83%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $593.80 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $593.80 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $627.27 ↓ -77%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $780.89 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $941.98 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $941.98 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $941.98 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,081.91 ↓ -61%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,484.65 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,580.00 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,910.59 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,225.00 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $3,925.00 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,515.00 ↑ +63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,233.00 ↑ +89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,324.25 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,324.25 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,608.21 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $5,679.20 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,821.18 ↑ +111%

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,985.90 $226.19 – $3,536.52
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,040.82 $35.60 – $1,796.44
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,650.07 $236.37 – $1,315.89
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,494.82 $226.19 – $4,740.26
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $6,719.94 $251.61 – $1,811.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,987.44 $226.19 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,321.14 $226.19 – $2,848.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,306.89 $226.19 – $2,813.19

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