Fix g/colon tube w/device 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

$745.72

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.

$1,917.00

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.

$49.79 with Hill Physicians vs $8,570.00 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 $49.79 ↓ -93%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $201.85 ↓ -73%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $642.25 ↓ -14%
United Medicaid|> 21 $679.82 ↓ -9%
United Medicaid|< 21 $679.82 ↓ -9%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $747.80 ↑ +0%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $752.35 ↑ +1%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $817.85 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,161.82 ↑ +56%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,232.05 ↑ +65%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↑ +65%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↑ +65%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $1,232.05 ↑ +65%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $1,232.05 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1,269.01 ↑ +70%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,278.06 ↑ +71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,291.66 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,376.25 ↑ +85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,376.25 ↑ +85%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,449.65 ↑ +94%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,468.00 ↑ +97%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,504.70 ↑ +102%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,604.38 ↑ +115%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,604.38 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,835.00 ↑ +146%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,835.00 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,771.00 ↑ +272%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,487.00 ↑ +368%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3,531.00 ↑ +374%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,050.00 ↑ +443%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,476.00 ↑ +500%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,062.00 ↑ +579%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,104.00 ↑ +584%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5,173.00 ↑ +594%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5,506.00 ↑ +638%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00 ↑ +667%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00 ↑ +667%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00 ↑ +667%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,078.00 ↑ +715%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,087.00 ↑ +850%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,570.00 ↑ +1049%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $464.28 $286.20 – $2,072.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,680.45 $1,222.26 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $919.35 $679.82 – $2,105.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $842.02 $579.96 – $2,105.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $998.37 $679.82 – $2,064.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $947.23 $679.82 – $2,012.92
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,819.17 $1,287.79 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,624.86 $1,166.53 – $8,018.00

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