CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without 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

$1,850.09

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.

$4,756.00

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.

$112.91 with Hill Physicians vs $5,233.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $112.91 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $131.77 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $139.74 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $139.74 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $143.93 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $184.57 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|< 21 $218.52 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|> 21 $218.52 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $240.37 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $410.82 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $515.71 ↓ -72%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $515.71 ↓ -72%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $523.16 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $577.81 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $613.11 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $613.11 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $613.11 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $939.62 ↓ -49%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,664.60 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,949.96 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,580.00 ↑ +39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,225.00 ↑ +74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,567.00 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,567.00 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,757.24 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,804.80 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,899.92 ↑ +111%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $3,925.00 ↑ +112%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,515.00 ↑ +144%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,233.00 ↑ +183%

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,839.17 $135.12 – $3,275.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $832.32 $21.27 – $1,436.57
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,002.88 $140.89 – $1,099.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,296.84 $135.12 – $2,455.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,129.54 $218.52 – $1,509.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,028.22 $125.82 – $1,768.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,129.33 $135.12 – $2,435.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,117.15 $135.12 – $2,404.76

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