Lipoprotein blood quant 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

$21.40

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.

$55.00

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.

$1.55 with WCMG vs $100.95 with Cigna — 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 $1.55 ↓ -93%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4.93 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $7.75 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $10.00 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10.14 ↓ -53%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -51%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11.13 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $11.27 ↓ -47%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $11.27 ↓ -47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11.55 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $12.25 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $12.68 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.68 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $12.96 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $13.28 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $14.08 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $14.08 ↓ -34%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.08 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.08 ↓ -34%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|HMO $14.08 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.08 ↓ -34%
United Medicaid|< 21 $14.08 ↓ -34%
United Medicaid|> 21 $14.08 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14.08 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $14.51 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $75.70 ↑ +254%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.95 ↑ +372%

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Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.90 $6.84 – $46.28
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