Ghs semen analysis fert 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

$75.86

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.

$195.00

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.

$11.61 with BCBS - Anthem vs $195.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11.61 ↓ -85%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $12.31 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $12.31 ↓ -84%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -84%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $12.68 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|HMO $14.77 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.77 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.77 ↓ -81%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $21.45 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $27.26 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.34 ↓ -52%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $68.25 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $79.95 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $82.79 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $82.79 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $82.79 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $107.25 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $138.45 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $140.40 ↑ +85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $146.25 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $146.25 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $154.05 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $156.00 ↑ +106%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $156.00 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $159.90 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $169.65 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $175.50 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $175.50 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $179.40 ↑ +136%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $195.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $195.00 ↑ +157%

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Ghs semen analysis fert at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $93.74 $12.31 – $166.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $401.04 $12.31 – $46.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $367.31 $12.31 – $46.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $198.12 $12.31 – $415.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $195.98 $12.31 – $410.01
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $468.18 $12.31 – $154.53
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $306.06 $12.31 – $428.80
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $158.76 $10.46 – $442.80

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