Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil 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

$1,149.50

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.

$2,955.00

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.

$60.04 with Hill Physicians vs $7,087.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $60.04 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|< 21 $92.71 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|> 21 $92.71 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $105.26 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $112.07 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $153.50 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $191.53 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $240.44 ↓ -79%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $240.44 ↓ -79%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $325.05 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $347.40 ↓ -70%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,034.25 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,211.55 ↑ +5%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,216.25 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,216.25 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,334.45 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,364.00 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,423.10 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,771.00 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,955.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,487.00 ↑ +203%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3,531.00 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,050.00 ↑ +252%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,062.00 ↑ +340%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,104.00 ↑ +344%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5,173.00 ↑ +350%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5,506.00 ↑ +379%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00 ↑ +397%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00 ↑ +397%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00 ↑ +397%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,078.00 ↑ +429%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,087.00 ↑ +517%

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Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $242.66 $114.03 – $432.12
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $885.06 $113.98 – $269.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $420.73 $92.71 – $963.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $199.80 $77.61 – $294.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $385.34 $92.71 – $796.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $432.59 $92.71 – $1,037.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,496.27 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $326.64 $80.79 – $933.24

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