Mucin synovial fluid 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

$31.90

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.

$82.00

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.

$5.21 with Partnership Health Plan vs $82.00 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 $5.21 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $5.53 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $5.86 ↓ -82%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $5.86 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.86 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.86 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $5.86 ↓ -82%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.86 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $5.86 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $6.04 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.03 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|HMO $7.03 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.03 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|> 21 $7.47 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|< 21 $7.47 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $8.22 ↓ -74%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.11 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $12.98 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $14.04 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.31 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $17.63 ↓ -45%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $17.63 ↓ -45%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $28.70 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $33.62 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $40.28 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.28 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $40.28 ↑ +26%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $45.10 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $58.22 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $59.04 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $61.50 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $61.50 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $64.78 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $65.60 ↑ +106%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $65.60 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $67.24 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $71.34 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $73.80 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $73.80 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $75.44 ↑ +136%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $82.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $82.00 ↑ +157%

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Mucin synovial fluid at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $86.29 $5.86 – $153.66
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $176.04 $5.86 – $316.54
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $6.65 $5.86 – $15.64
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $22.47 $5.21 – $68.06
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $17.88 $5.21 – $65.60
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $22.47 $5.21 – $82.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $23.62 $5.21 – $68.06
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $5.74 – $47.87

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