Darbepoetin alfa, esrd use 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

$1,445.53

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.

$3,716.00

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.

$3.09 with Hill Physicians vs $3,047.12 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 $3.09 ↓ -100%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $3.56 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3.72 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -100%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $3.94 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $3.94 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4.06 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $4.90 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.90 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.10 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5.39 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.31 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.31 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.31 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $6.79 ↓ -100%
United Medicaid|> 21 $7.38 ↓ -99%
United Medicaid|< 21 $7.38 ↓ -99%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $8.36 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.06 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.29 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $9.29 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $9.29 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $9.29 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $9.29 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.29 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9.29 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10.22 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $31.75 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $39.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $55.44 ↓ -96%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $408.76 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,523.56 ↑ +5%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,787.00 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,787.00 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,935.64 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,972.80 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,047.12 ↑ +111%

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Darbepoetin alfa, esrd use at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $3.01 – $38.81
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $3.07 – $42.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $3.07 – $50.12
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $3.07 – $98.97
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $5.99 – $50.24
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $3.01 – $41.73
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $2.61 – $6.28
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $3.07 – $7.90

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