Insert cath pleura without image 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

$3,078.16

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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.

$7,913.00

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.

$105.95 with United vs $10,369.00 with Health Net — 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $105.95 ↓ -97%
United Medicaid|< 21 $105.95 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $120.79 ↓ -96%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $128.08 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $175.43 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $218.91 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $274.80 ↓ -91%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $274.80 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $397.02 ↓ -87%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $792.11 ↓ -74%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $823.64 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2,350.74 ↓ -24%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,492.83 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,492.83 ↓ -19%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,492.83 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,492.83 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $2,492.83 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $2,492.83 ↓ -19%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,520.35 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2,567.61 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,771.00 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,952.41 ↓ -4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,487.00 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3,531.00 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,050.00 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,062.00 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,104.00 ↑ +66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5,173.00 ↑ +68%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,400.75 ↑ +75%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,400.75 ↑ +75%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,416.00 ↑ +76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5,506.00 ↑ +79%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,688.79 ↑ +85%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $5,760.80 ↑ +87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,904.82 ↑ +92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,078.00 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,087.00 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7,201.00 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,006.00 ↑ +160%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,006.00 ↑ +160%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,006.00 ↑ +160%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,369.00 ↑ +237%

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Insert cath pleura without image at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,868.90 $130.32 – $4,585.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,397.51 $1,921.00 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $983.55 $105.95 – $2,156.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $872.99 $105.95 – $2,083.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,048.67 $105.95 – $1,841.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,026.58 $105.95 – $3,969.75
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,072.35 $2,724.58 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,978.73 $2,468.04 – $9,858.00

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