Exchange nephrostomy cath 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

$5,085.40

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.

$13,073.00

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.

$99.28 with Hill Physicians vs $10,369.00 with Health Net — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $99.28 ↓ -98%
United Medicaid|> 21 $434.47 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|< 21 $434.47 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $477.92 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $678.46 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $816.80 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $825.30 ↓ -84%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1,005.62 ↓ -80%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,025.35 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,025.35 ↓ -80%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,868.22 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2,538.51 ↓ -50%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,691.95 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,691.95 ↓ -47%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,691.95 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,691.95 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $2,691.95 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $2,691.95 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,771.00 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2,772.71 ↓ -45%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,199.70 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,487.00 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3,531.00 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3,748.22 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,050.00 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,062.00 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,104.00 ↑ +0%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5,173.00 ↑ +2%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,416.00 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5,506.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00 ↑ +12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,078.00 ↑ +20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,856.50 ↑ +35%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,856.50 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,087.00 ↑ +39%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,222.18 ↑ +42%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7,313.60 ↑ +44%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,496.44 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9,142.00 ↑ +80%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,369.00 ↑ +104%

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Exchange nephrostomy cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,049.45 $646.92 – $4,655.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,299.46 $434.37 – $6,497.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,931.38 $434.37 – $6,497.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,505.00 $434.47 – $3,600.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,850.05 $434.47 – $3,555.79
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,882.12 $2,968.05 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,978.73 $2,688.58 – $9,858.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,270.97 $283.71 – $1,351.00

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