Iron binding capacity 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

$34.63

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.

$89.00

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.

$6.89 with Partnership Health Plan vs $89.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.89 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $8.24 ↓ -76%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -75%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $8.74 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $8.74 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -75%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $9.00 ↓ -74%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $9.79 ↓ -72%
United Medicaid|> 21 $9.88 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|< 21 $9.88 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.49 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|HMO $10.49 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.49 ↓ -70%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $10.87 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $16.70 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $18.57 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $19.35 ↓ -44%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $23.32 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $23.32 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.80 ↓ -25%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $31.15 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $36.49 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $48.95 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $50.69 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.69 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $50.69 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $63.19 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $64.08 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $66.75 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $66.75 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $70.31 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $71.20 ↑ +106%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $71.20 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $72.98 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $77.43 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $80.10 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $80.10 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $81.88 ↑ +136%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $89.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $89.00 ↑ +157%

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Iron binding capacity at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $100.74 $8.74 – $27.27
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.90 $1.75 – $16.49
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $217.77 $8.57 – $55.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $168.64 $2.34 – $22.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $154.45 $1.27 – $26.47
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $96.84 $8.74 – $83.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $95.79 $8.74 – $82.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $186.66 $8.74 – $70.56

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