Palingen or promatrx 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

$11,601.93

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.

$29,825.00

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.

$678.70 with WCMG vs $5,923.20 with Aetna — 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 $678.70 ↓ -94%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,341.36 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,355.36 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,419.10 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,419.10 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,419.10 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,480.80 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,542.50 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,604.20 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,694.20 ↓ -85%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,789.30 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,789.30 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,366.50 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,378.48 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|HMO $2,378.48 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,378.48 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2,468.00 ↓ -79%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,468.00 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,270.10 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4,319.00 ↓ -63%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,627.50 ↓ -60%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,627.50 ↓ -60%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4,627.50 ↓ -60%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,936.00 ↓ -57%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,059.40 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,244.50 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5,244.50 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,553.00 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5,553.00 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5,553.00 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5,676.40 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,923.20 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,923.20 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,923.20 ↓ -49%

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Palingen or promatrx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $1,178.88 – $3,831.36
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,634.10 $1,775.00 – $6,390.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,605.70 $1,775.00 – $6,887.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,043.70 $923.00 – $3,550.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,462.60 $653.20 – $2,726.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $1,656.82 – $3,099.23
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $1,793.43 – $3,099.23
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $2,139.26 – $3,099.23

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