Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at Mercy Hospital of Folsom
1650 Creekside Dr, Folsom, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1356389878
$53.30
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.
$137.00
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.
$2.61 with United vs $126.04 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $2.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2.61 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $2.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $2.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $4.91 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $4.96 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.16 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.16 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $8.90 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -82% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -82% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9.44 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $9.44 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $9.44 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $9.72 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.33 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $11.33 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11.33 | ↓ -79% |
| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $15.07 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $20.92 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.89 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $30.73 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $38.43 | ↓ -28% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $47.95 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $53.80 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.17 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $64.80 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $64.80 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $64.80 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $75.35 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $97.27 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $98.64 | ↑ +85% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $102.75 | ↑ +93% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $102.75 | ↑ +93% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $108.23 | ↑ +103% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $109.60 | ↑ +106% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $112.34 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO Tandem | $119.19 | ↑ +124% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $123.30 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $123.30 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $126.04 | ↑ +136% |
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Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $22.34 | $3.95 – $39.78 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $16.18 | $1.64 – $4.31 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $159.12 | $9.25 – $19.23 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $65.92 | $2.61 – $24.34 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $55.95 | $2.61 – $19.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $60.37 | $2.61 – $28.61 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $13.11 | $2.61 – $27.14 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $12.96 | $2.61 – $27.14 |