Echo tee guidance at Mercy Hospital of Folsom
1650 Creekside Dr, Folsom, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1356389878
$1,992.46
Cash price 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.
$5,122.00
Gross charge 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.
$193.26 with United vs $26,722.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.26 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.26 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $212.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $222.04 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $236.49 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $363.33 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $367.19 | ↓ -82% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $456.09 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $456.09 | ↓ -77% |
| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $563.42 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $831.02 | ↓ -58% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,792.70 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,100.02 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,426.44 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,034.43 | ↑ +52% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,841.50 | ↑ +93% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,841.50 | ↑ +93% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,046.38 | ↑ +103% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,097.60 | ↑ +106% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,200.04 | ↑ +111% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,247.65 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,122.00 | ↑ +157% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12,190.00 | ↑ +512% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26,722.00 | ↑ +1241% |
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Echo tee guidance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $701.07 | $193.26 – $1,605.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $642.10 | $193.26 – $1,605.24 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $320.18 | $193.26 – $690.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $316.73 | $193.26 – $863.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,942.08 | $1,884.10 – $1,919.38 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,878.84 | $2,176.58 – $2,176.58 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,968.33 | $193.26 – $5,489.90 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,351.50 | $1,632.93 – $2,048.35 |