Ionm in operatng room 15 min 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

$358.27

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.

$921.00

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.

$27.05 with United vs $26,722.00 with United — 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 $27.05 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|< 21 $27.05 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $29.75 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $32.76 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $34.19 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $50.85 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $63.84 ↓ -82%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $63.84 ↓ -82%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $101.31 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $116.32 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $312.83 ↓ -13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $322.35 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $377.61 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $389.56 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $391.22 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $547.63 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $690.75 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $690.75 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $727.59 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $736.80 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $755.22 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $921.00 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|HMO $12,190.00 ↑ +3302%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26,722.00 ↑ +7359%

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Ionm in operatng room 15 min at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $93.30 $40.92 – $166.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $107.22 $27.05 – $231.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $106.07 $27.05 – $289.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $111.72 $27.05 – $311.60
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $852.69 $60.05 – $1,074.08
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $228.66 $27.05 – $444.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $131.97 $27.05 – $3,827.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $25.20 $161.51 – $161.51

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