Prgrmg dev eval pm/ldls pm 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

$216.68

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.

$557.00

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.

$39.82 with Hill Physicians vs $27,872.00 with United — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $39.82 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $46.21 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|> 21 $48.79 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|< 21 $48.79 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $49.00 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $49.00 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $50.47 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $53.67 ↓ -75%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $61.27 ↓ -72%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $71.18 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $91.73 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $92.70 ↓ -57%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $115.14 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $115.14 ↓ -47%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $194.95 ↓ -10%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $209.80 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $228.37 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $241.54 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $302.06 ↑ +39%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $417.75 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $417.75 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $422.83 ↑ +95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $440.03 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $445.60 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $456.74 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $557.00 ↑ +157%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,057.00 ↑ +1311%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,853.00 ↑ +2601%
United Commercial|HMO $13,336.00 ↑ +6055%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27,872.00 ↑ +12763%

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Prgrmg dev eval pm/ldls pm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $229.52 $23.22 – $87.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $235.40 $47.38 – $539.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $208.94 $47.38 – $522.34
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $40.74 $47.38 – $111.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $32.64 $23.31 – $111.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $171.87 $51.93 – $162.55
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $57.17 $47.38 – $111.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $159.87 $47.38 – $4,018.00

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