Dialysis circuit perm vascular embolization 36909 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

$848.41

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.

$2,181.00

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.

$190.14 with Hill Physicians vs $11,494.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $190.14 ↓ -78%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $239.91 ↓ -72%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $763.35 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $894.21 ↑ +5%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,635.75 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,635.75 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,722.99 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,744.80 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,788.42 ↑ +111%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,806.03 ↑ +113%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,806.03 ↑ +113%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,986.63 ↑ +134%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,181.00 ↑ +157%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +157%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +157%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +157%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $5,241.00 ↑ +518%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,698.00 ↑ +572%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00 ↑ +574%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00 ↑ +574%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00 ↑ +574%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,595.00 ↑ +677%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $6,677.00 ↑ +687%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,122.00 ↑ +739%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $9,653.00 ↑ +1038%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9,783.00 ↑ +1053%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,971.00 ↑ +1075%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $10,413.00 ↑ +1127%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11,494.00 ↑ +1255%

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Dialysis circuit perm vascular embolization 36909 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,291.67 $796.23 – $3,142.49
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,572.90 $1,806.03 – $3,601.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,440.60 $992.25 – $3,601.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,284.41 $1,806.03 – $3,462.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,270.56 $1,806.03 – $3,462.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,759.10 $2,747.00 – $10,575.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,427.71 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,016.36 $725.97 – $3,457.00

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