Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt 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

$176.61

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.

$454.00

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.

$23.99 with Hill Physicians vs $5,717.00 with Aetna — 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 $23.99 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $48.86 ↓ -72%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $49.94 ↓ -72%
United Medicaid|> 21 $61.36 ↓ -65%
United Medicaid|< 21 $61.36 ↓ -65%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $74.60 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $101.59 ↓ -42%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $127.50 ↓ -28%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $158.90 ↓ -10%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $160.06 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $160.06 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $186.14 ↑ +5%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $229.92 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $281.48 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $340.50 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $340.50 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $358.66 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $363.20 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $372.28 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $454.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $454.00 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $454.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $856.00 ↑ +385%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,077.00 ↑ +510%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1,090.00 ↑ +517%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $1,576.00 ↑ +792%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,598.00 ↑ +805%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,700.00 ↑ +863%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,877.00 ↑ +963%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00 ↑ +3137%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00 ↑ +3137%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00 ↑ +3137%

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Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $260.61 $15.16 – $398.65
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $43.28 $25.42 – $88.23
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $340.68 $593.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $145.10 $61.36 – $230.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $332.34 $61.36 – $489.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $132.89 $61.36 – $237.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $89.79 $61.36 – $196.02
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $88.82 $61.36 – $239.58

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