Ghs paravert facet/nerve lumb 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

$1,379.01

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.

$3,545.00

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.

$51.72 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 $51.72 ↓ -96%
United Medicaid|< 21 $85.02 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|> 21 $85.02 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $98.10 ↓ -93%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $102.77 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $140.77 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $175.65 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $220.49 ↓ -84%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $220.49 ↓ -84%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $296.56 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $318.59 ↓ -77%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $943.60 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,105.36 ↓ -20%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,022.00 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,022.00 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,129.84 ↑ +54%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,156.80 ↑ +56%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,210.72 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,696.00 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,771.00 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,487.00 ↑ +153%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3,531.00 ↑ +156%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,050.00 ↑ +194%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,062.00 ↑ +267%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,104.00 ↑ +270%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5,173.00 ↑ +275%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5,506.00 ↑ +299%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00 ↑ +315%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00 ↑ +315%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00 ↑ +315%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,078.00 ↑ +341%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,087.00 ↑ +414%

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $290.84 $104.57 – $517.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $849.47 $98.40 – $232.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,615.90 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $402.32 $85.02 – $921.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,999.34 $40.88 – $154.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $368.48 $85.02 – $921.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,953.91 $85.02 – $3,038.46
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,252.94 $85.02 – $3,379.86

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