Esophagus motility study 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

$2,733.12

Cash price

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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.

$7,026.00

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.

$79.31 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 $79.31 ↓ -97%
United Medicaid|< 21 $79.31 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $138.30 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $170.87 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $188.35 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $236.37 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $242.38 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $296.72 ↓ -89%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $296.72 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $382.90 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $426.26 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $478.84 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $657.52 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $670.29 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↓ -74%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $697.26 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $697.26 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $697.26 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $718.18 ↓ -74%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $772.86 ↓ -72%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,459.10 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,880.66 ↑ +5%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,700.00 ↑ +35%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,269.50 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,269.50 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,550.54 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $5,620.80 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00 ↑ +109%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,761.32 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7,026.00 ↑ +157%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,082.00 ↑ +159%
United Commercial|HMO $12,190.00 ↑ +346%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,722.00 ↑ +878%

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Esophagus motility study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,045.07 $97.55 – $1,861.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $637.30 $79.31 – $1,459.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $583.69 $79.31 – $1,459.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,332.27 $79.31 – $2,872.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,317.90 $79.31 – $2,836.89
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $917.87 $79.31 – $2,622.48
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,688.17 $79.31 – $3,245.22
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,506.60 $79.31 – $2,845.80

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