Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) 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

$1,254.92

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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.

$3,226.00

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.

$286.22 with WCMG 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $286.22 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $856.00 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $858.17 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $910.04 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↓ -27%
United Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↓ -27%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↓ -27%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $910.04 ↓ -27%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $910.04 ↓ -27%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $910.70 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $937.34 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,066.82 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,077.00 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1,090.00 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $1,576.00 ↑ +26%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,598.00 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,685.00 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,700.00 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,877.00 ↑ +50%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,951.50 ↑ +56%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,951.50 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,055.58 ↑ +64%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,081.60 ↑ +66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,133.64 ↑ +70%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,504.00 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,602.00 ↑ +107%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,944.00 ↑ +135%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,944.00 ↑ +135%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,700.00 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,050.00 ↑ +223%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,062.00 ↑ +303%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00 ↑ +356%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00 ↑ +356%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00 ↑ +356%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,082.00 ↑ +464%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,087.00 ↑ +465%

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Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $334.20 $206.01 – $1,526.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,184.28 $879.92 – $2,277.52
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,622.71 $1,018.77 – $3,859.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,052.13 $612.63 – $2,223.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $659.64 $460.62 – $1,364.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $652.53 $460.62 – $1,347.74
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $986.96 $322.77 – $1,291.08
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,314.05 $72.24 – $294.98

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