Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets 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

$284.36

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.

$731.00

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.

$16.50 with WCMG vs $421.18 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 $16.50 ↓ -94%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $52.50 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|< 21 $61.07 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|> 21 $61.07 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $61.07 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $61.50 ↓ -78%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $67.18 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $82.50 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $106.50 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $108.00 ↓ -62%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $112.50 ↓ -60%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $112.50 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $114.81 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $116.03 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $118.50 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $120.00 ↓ -58%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $120.00 ↓ -58%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $123.00 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $130.50 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $134.50 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $135.00 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $135.00 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $138.00 ↓ -51%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $142.63 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $142.63 ↓ -50%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -50%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -50%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $144.13 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $144.13 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $146.91 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $150.00 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $150.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $150.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|HMO $150.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $150.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $150.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $150.00 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $150.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $315.86 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $421.18 ↑ +48%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $65.70 $40.50 – $378.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $238.82 $28.53 – $100.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $806.31 $139.78 – $793.69
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $361.24 $61.07 – $367.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $99.90 $61.07 – $147.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $330.85 $40.50 – $432.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $187.36 $61.07 – $409.87
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $185.34 $61.07 – $409.87

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