Mayo factor v 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

$8.24

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.

$21.16

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.

$2.33 with WCMG vs $52.11 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 $2.33 ↓ -72%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $7.41 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $8.68 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $11.64 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $15.03 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $15.24 ↑ +85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $15.69 ↑ +90%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $15.87 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $15.87 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $16.64 ↑ +102%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $16.72 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $16.93 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $16.93 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $17.36 ↑ +111%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.65 ↑ +114%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.65 ↑ +114%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $17.65 ↑ +114%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.65 ↑ +114%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $17.65 ↑ +114%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $17.65 ↑ +114%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $17.65 ↑ +114%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $17.65 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $18.18 ↑ +121%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $18.41 ↑ +123%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $19.05 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $19.05 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $19.47 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|HMO $21.16 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.16 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.16 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21.16 ↑ +157%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $21.16 ↑ +157%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $21.16 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21.16 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $21.16 ↑ +157%
United Medicaid|> 21 $21.16 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21.16 ↑ +157%
United Medicaid|< 21 $21.16 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $21.16 ↑ +157%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $21.16 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.16 ↑ +157%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $21.16 ↑ +157%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $39.08 ↑ +374%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $52.11 ↑ +532%

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Mayo factor v at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9.27 $5.72 – $46.82
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $30.99 $3.53 – $50.44
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $93.87 $17.30 – $144.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.10 $10.58 – $45.47
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $14.10 $11.46 – $21.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $29.40 $5.72 – $53.45
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.51 $10.58 – $50.71
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.38 $10.58 – $50.71

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