Hydration IV infusion each additional hour 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

$172.33

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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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$443.00

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.

$12.91 with Hill Physicians vs $443.00 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

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 $12.91 ↓ -93%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $14.76 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|> 21 $18.13 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $18.13 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $19.94 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $27.74 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $34.08 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $42.79 ↓ -75%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $42.79 ↓ -75%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $48.73 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $57.17 ↓ -67%
United Medicare|All Plans $60.63 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $60.63 ↓ -65%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $60.63 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $60.63 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $60.63 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $60.63 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $62.45 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $67.44 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $76.13 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|HMO $76.13 ↓ -56%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $77.96 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $111.58 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $111.58 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $111.58 ↓ -35%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $155.05 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $181.63 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $217.07 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $274.66 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $279.09 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $283.52 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $292.38 ↑ +70%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $332.25 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $332.25 ↑ +93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $341.11 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $345.54 ↑ +101%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $349.97 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $354.40 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $363.26 ↑ +111%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $389.84 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $398.70 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $398.70 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $407.56 ↑ +136%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $443.00 ↑ +157%

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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $240.90 $19.93 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $55.53 $9.23 – $80.51
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $642.60 $63.10 – $99.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $93.74 $18.13 – $995.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $438.90 $18.13 – $611.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $85.85 $18.13 – $185.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $140.61 $18.13 – $310.78
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $139.10 $18.13 – $310.78

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