Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug 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

$282.81

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.

$727.00

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.

$28.82 with WCMG vs $7,560.00 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 $28.82 ↓ -90%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $91.70 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $107.42 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $136.24 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $172.92 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $175.54 ↓ -38%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $196.50 ↓ -31%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $196.50 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $199.12 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $206.98 ↓ -27%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $209.60 ↓ -26%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $214.84 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $214.84 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $230.56 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $235.80 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $235.80 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $238.42 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $238.42 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $238.42 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $241.04 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $262.00 ↓ -7%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $343.00 ↑ +21%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $343.00 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $465.00 ↑ +64%
United Commercial|HMO $544.00 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $549.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,400.00 ↑ +1809%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,560.00 ↑ +2573%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $123.52 $66.96 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $61.82 $39.36 – $93.12
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $148.41 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $265.79 $112.50 – $1,208.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $231.11 $32.86 – $124.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $221.09 $57.51 – $213.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $206.28 $72.90 – $281.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $204.06 $72.90 – $221.40

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