Enzyme histochemistry 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

$286.31

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.

$736.00

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.

$13.94 with WCMG vs $1,073.49 with Kaiser — 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $13.94 ↓ -95%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $44.36 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $51.96 ↓ -82%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $68.78 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $93.51 ↓ -67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $95.04 ↓ -67%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $95.04 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|> 21 $98.66 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|< 21 $98.66 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $100.11 ↓ -65%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $101.38 ↓ -65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $103.92 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $108.53 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $116.94 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $119.50 ↓ -58%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $122.26 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $126.72 ↓ -56%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $126.72 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $126.72 ↓ -56%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $126.72 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $126.72 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $126.72 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|HMO $126.72 ↓ -56%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $126.72 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $126.72 ↓ -56%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $126.72 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $126.72 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $126.72 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $126.72 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $126.72 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $126.72 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $130.53 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $255.22 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $340.32 ↑ +19%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,073.49 ↑ +275%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $1,073.49 ↑ +275%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,073.49 ↑ +275%

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Enzyme histochemistry at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,351.50 $58.53 – $1,256.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $34.99 $29.79 – $296.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $32.05 $16.09 – $349.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $229.97 $59.43 – $331.18
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $227.49 $59.43 – $331.18
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,770.21 $73.97 – $1,256.40
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $993.99 $83.88 – $1,256.40
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $67.87 $11.89 – $95.09

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