Screening colorectal cancer fecal occult blood immunoassay 1-3 simultaneous determinations 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

$77.03

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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.

$198.00

Gross charge

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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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$17.02 with BCBS - Anthem vs $182.16 with Blue Shield CA — 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

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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $17.02 ↓ -78%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $18.05 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $18.05 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $18.59 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $21.66 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.66 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $21.66 ↓ -72%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $21.78 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $36.88 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $39.96 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $46.12 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $53.29 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $64.55 ↓ -16%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $69.30 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $81.18 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $108.90 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $140.58 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $142.56 ↑ +85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $148.50 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $148.50 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $156.42 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $158.40 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $162.36 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $172.26 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $178.20 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $178.20 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $182.16 ↑ +136%

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Screening colorectal cancer fecal occult blood immunoassay 1-3 simultaneous determinations at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $71.91 $18.05 – $60.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $140.53 $18.05 – $206.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $65.86 $16.74 – $60.76
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $73.91 $18.05 – $61.74
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $37.95 $18.05 – $136.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $109.55 $18.05 – $196.98
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $25.80 $4.50 – $28.80
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $23.46 $3.60 – $60.00

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