Ewhfo w/joint(s) cf 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

$984.95

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.

$2,532.00

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.

$278.52 with WCMG vs $2,506.68 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $278.52 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $582.36 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $582.36 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $582.36 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $607.68 ↓ -38%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $633.00 ↓ -36%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $658.32 ↓ -33%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $734.28 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $734.28 ↓ -25%
United Medicaid|< 21 $776.78 ↓ -21%
United Medicaid|> 21 $776.78 ↓ -21%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $854.46 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,012.80 ↑ +3%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $1,012.80 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,341.96 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,620.48 ↑ +65%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,645.80 ↑ +67%
United Commercial|HMO $1,671.12 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,721.76 ↑ +75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1,772.40 ↑ +80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,899.00 ↑ +93%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1,899.00 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,899.00 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,000.28 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,025.60 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,076.24 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,152.20 ↑ +119%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $2,152.20 ↑ +119%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $2,278.80 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,278.80 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $2,278.80 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $2,329.44 ↑ +137%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,430.72 ↑ +147%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,430.72 ↑ +147%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,430.72 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,506.68 ↑ +154%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,506.68 ↑ +154%

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Ewhfo w/joint(s) cf at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,111.95 $776.78 – $2,471.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $693.77 $278.52 – $2,152.20
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $551.98 $582.36 – $2,253.48
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $693.77 $278.52 – $2,532.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $729.22 $582.36 – $2,278.80
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $1,482.24 – $2,742.14
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank not published $1,482.24 – $2,742.14
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange not published $1,259.90 – $2,742.14

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