Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler 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

$2,425.81

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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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$6,236.00

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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.

$621.72 with WCMG 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $621.72 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $979.04 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $1,038.22 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,038.22 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,038.22 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $1,038.22 ↓ -57%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,038.22 ↓ -57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,038.22 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1,069.37 ↓ -56%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,978.20 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,317.32 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,771.00 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,487.00 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3,531.00 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,862.76 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,239.00 ↑ +75%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,239.00 ↑ +75%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,465.08 ↑ +84%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,476.00 ↑ +85%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,521.60 ↑ +86%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,634.64 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,830.65 ↑ +99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,104.00 ↑ +110%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5,173.00 ↑ +113%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5,506.00 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,652.00 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,652.00 ↑ +133%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,078.00 ↑ +151%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,570.00 ↑ +253%
United Commercial|HMO $12,190.00 ↑ +403%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,722.00 ↑ +1002%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,876.40 $1,056.42 – $2,417.83
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,524.78 $1,003.85 – $5,781.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,855.33 $1,003.85 – $7,138.32
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $825.48 $1,003.85 – $1,780.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,273.57 $1,003.85 – $1,757.75
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,145.28 $1,113.06 – $6,127.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,796.84 $1,008.25 – $6,127.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,089.98 $3,473.10 – $6,127.00

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