Culture typing immunologic 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

$55.63

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.

$143.00

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.

$3.63 with Partnership Health Plan vs $131.56 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.

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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.63 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4.88 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $5.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.18 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $5.18 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $5.18 ↓ -91%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.18 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.18 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.18 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $5.18 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|< 21 $5.21 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|> 21 $5.21 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $5.34 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $5.73 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.22 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $6.22 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.22 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.66 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.79 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $11.48 ↓ -79%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $12.30 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $12.30 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.31 ↓ -72%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $15.73 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $35.52 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.52 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $35.52 ↓ -36%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $50.05 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $58.63 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $61.02 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $76.31 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $78.65 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $101.53 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $102.96 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $106.82 ↑ +92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $107.25 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $107.25 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $112.97 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $114.40 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $117.26 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $124.41 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $128.70 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $128.70 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $131.56 ↑ +136%

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Culture typing immunologic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $46.87 $5.18 – $16.17
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $19.53 $1.04 – $15.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $288.66 $5.08 – $38.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $102.72 $5.18 – $17.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8.63 $5.18 – $12.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $94.08 $4.86 – $17.64
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $59.36 $5.10 – $14.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $58.72 $5.10 – $14.90

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