Herpes simplex 1 ag if 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

$43.96

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.

$113.00

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.

$10.10 with Partnership Health Plan vs $113.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.10 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11.30 ↓ -74%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $11.98 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $11.98 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -73%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $12.34 ↓ -72%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $12.43 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.38 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $14.38 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.38 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|> 21 $14.49 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|< 21 $14.49 ↓ -67%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $15.94 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.91 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $26.54 ↓ -40%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $27.24 ↓ -38%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $34.20 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $34.20 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.39 ↓ -19%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $39.55 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $46.33 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $62.15 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $63.80 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $63.80 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $63.80 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $80.23 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $81.36 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $84.75 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $84.75 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $89.27 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $90.40 ↑ +106%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $90.40 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $92.66 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $98.31 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $101.70 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $101.70 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $103.96 ↑ +136%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $113.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $113.00 ↑ +157%

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Herpes simplex 1 ag if at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $15.52 $11.98 – $30.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $14.22 $6.55 – $36.30
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $28.22 $10.10 – $23.77
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $62.13 $11.98 – $111.72
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $13.20 $7.98 – $41.72
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $10.43 $6.07 – $72.45
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $9.49 $4.85 – $72.45
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $7.91 $4.85 – $26.73

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