Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 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

$256.74

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$660.00

Gross charge

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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.

$71.55 with Hill Physicians vs $8,006.00 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

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

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 $71.55 ↓ -72%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $72.60 ↓ -72%
United Medicaid|> 21 $88.44 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|< 21 $88.44 ↓ -66%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $137.97 ↓ -46%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $153.35 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $210.05 ↓ -18%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $231.00 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $240.58 ↓ -6%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $255.12 ↓ -1%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $255.12 ↓ -1%
United Medicare|All Plans $255.12 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $255.12 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $255.12 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $255.12 ↓ -1%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $262.09 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $262.77 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $270.60 ↑ +5%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $329.01 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $329.01 ↑ +28%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $475.36 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $495.00 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $495.00 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $521.40 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $528.00 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $541.20 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $660.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $856.00 ↑ +233%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,077.00 ↑ +319%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1,090.00 ↑ +325%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $1,576.00 ↑ +514%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,598.00 ↑ +522%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,700.00 ↑ +562%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,877.00 ↑ +631%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,057.00 ↑ +1091%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,050.00 ↑ +1477%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,062.00 ↑ +1872%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,853.00 ↑ +2180%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,087.00 ↑ +2660%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,006.00 ↑ +3018%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,006.00 ↑ +3018%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,006.00 ↑ +3018%

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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $386.58 $268.99 – $1,687.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,014.39 $283.41 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $402.39 $256.73 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $574.77 $268.94 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $294.27 $1,333.00 – $25,998.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $248.73 $88.44 – $677.88
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $417.69 $277.75 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $386.40 $218.22 – $1,597.00

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