Echo transthoracic 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

$1,700.71

Cash price

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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.

$4,372.00

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.

$95.79 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.

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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
United Medicaid|< 21 $95.79 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|> 21 $95.79 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $130.49 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $167.05 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $177.83 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $227.51 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $285.50 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $358.39 ↓ -79%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $358.39 ↓ -79%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $480.92 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $514.90 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $679.45 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $720.52 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $720.52 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $720.52 ↓ -58%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $720.52 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $720.52 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $720.52 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $742.14 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $790.38 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $988.42 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,383.61 ↓ -19%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,530.20 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,792.52 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,279.00 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,279.00 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,453.88 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,497.60 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,585.04 ↑ +111%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,700.00 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,372.00 ↑ +157%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,082.00 ↑ +316%
United Commercial|HMO $12,190.00 ↑ +617%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,722.00 ↑ +1471%

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Echo transthoracic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $626.58 $109.66 – $1,030.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,072.57 $95.79 – $2,455.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,252.08 $95.79 – $1,842.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $982.36 $95.79 – $2,455.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,412.77 $95.79 – $3,046.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,397.54 $95.79 – $3,008.32
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $765.51 $702.78 – $3,331.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,017.54 $95.79 – $2,838.02

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