Culture afb any source 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

$136.93

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.

$352.00

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.

$1.87 with WCMG vs $31.89 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 $1.87 ↓ -99%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $5.95 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $6.97 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.12 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $9.35 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $10.18 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $10.80 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $10.80 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $11.12 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $12.07 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12.24 ↓ -91%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.75 ↓ -91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.75 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $12.96 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.96 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.96 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|> 21 $13.08 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|< 21 $13.08 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13.43 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $13.60 ↓ -90%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $13.60 ↓ -90%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.94 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $14.39 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $14.79 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $15.30 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.30 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $15.64 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.00 ↓ -88%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $17.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $23.92 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $31.89 ↓ -77%

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St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $133.59 $4.18 – $28.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $35.15 $2.16 – $15.05
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $174.42 $10.58 – $88.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $10.80 – $27.83
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French Hospital San Luis Obispo $39.20 $6.75 – $32.71
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $17.81 $7.00 – $31.04
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $17.62 $7.00 – $31.04

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