Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level 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

$919.21

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.

$2,363.00

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.

$59.47 with Hill Physicians vs $7,087.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $59.47 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|< 21 $91.42 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|> 21 $91.42 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $104.88 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $110.52 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $151.37 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $188.88 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $237.11 ↓ -74%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $237.11 ↓ -74%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $259.93 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $342.58 ↓ -63%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $827.05 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $968.83 ↑ +5%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,772.25 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,772.25 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,866.77 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,890.40 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,937.66 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,363.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,771.00 ↑ +201%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,487.00 ↑ +279%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3,531.00 ↑ +284%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,050.00 ↑ +341%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,062.00 ↑ +451%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,104.00 ↑ +455%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5,173.00 ↑ +463%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5,506.00 ↑ +499%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00 ↑ +522%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00 ↑ +522%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00 ↑ +522%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,078.00 ↑ +561%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,087.00 ↑ +671%

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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $459.47 $112.45 – $818.22
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $870.41 $112.75 – $266.75
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $420.73 $91.42 – $963.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,358.98 $40.88 – $154.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $385.34 $91.42 – $796.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $432.59 $91.42 – $1,037.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,588.80 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $325.89 $2,335.00 – $3,982.87

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