Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral 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

$447.35

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,150.00

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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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$59.79 with United vs $26,722.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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
United Medicaid|> 21 $59.79 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|< 21 $59.79 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $78.14 ↓ -83%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $89.76 ↓ -80%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $92.91 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $104.27 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $141.99 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $159.73 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $169.39 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $169.39 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $169.39 ↓ -62%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $169.39 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $169.39 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $169.39 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $174.47 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $178.21 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $223.70 ↓ -50%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $223.70 ↓ -50%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $285.60 ↓ -36%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $321.35 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $334.56 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $455.62 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $549.45 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $607.54 ↑ +36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $612.00 ↑ +37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $612.00 ↑ +37%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $644.64 ↑ +44%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $652.80 ↑ +46%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $669.12 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $687.13 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $816.00 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $816.00 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|HMO $12,190.00 ↑ +2625%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,722.00 ↑ +5873%

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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $368.80 $73.54 – $585.60
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $244.22 $25.78 – $307.49
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $566.25 $59.79 – $1,168.16
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,698.30 $59.79 – $782.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $467.27 $59.79 – $623.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $214.81 $59.79 – $591.22
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $212.50 $59.79 – $591.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $263.16 $188.91 – $434.63

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