Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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

$157.16

Cash price

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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.

$404.00

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.

$3.59 with WCMG vs $110.08 with Cigna — 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $3.59 ↓ -98%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $11.41 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $13.37 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $17.93 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $23.15 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $23.48 ↓ -85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $24.45 ↓ -84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $24.45 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $25.76 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $26.08 ↓ -83%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $26.08 ↓ -83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $26.74 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $28.37 ↓ -82%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $28.64 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|< 21 $28.64 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|> 21 $28.64 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $29.34 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $29.34 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $30.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $30.75 ↓ -80%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $31.50 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $32.60 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $32.60 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|HMO $32.60 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $32.60 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $32.60 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $32.60 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $32.60 ↓ -79%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $32.60 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $33.58 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $82.55 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $110.08 ↓ -30%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $165.57 $37.27 – $294.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $62.50 $7.45 – $50.44
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $932.79 $36.52 – $336.45
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $205.87 $28.64 – $96.05
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $271.73 $28.64 – $91.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $188.56 $25.38 – $112.91
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $49.72 $28.64 – $107.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $49.18 $28.64 – $107.12

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