Tc-99m exametazime diag 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

$2,196.30

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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.

$5,646.00

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.

$454.09 with Partnership Health Plan vs $5,423.07 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $454.09 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|< 21 $454.09 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|> 21 $454.09 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $499.50 ↓ -77%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $621.06 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $850.50 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $853.69 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $862.77 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $994.25 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,054.35 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,054.35 ↓ -52%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,054.35 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,054.35 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $1,054.35 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $1,054.35 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,063.13 ↓ -52%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,071.65 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,071.65 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1,085.98 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|HMO $1,323.86 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,323.86 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,485.00 ↓ -32%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,976.10 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,314.86 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,588.93 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $4,066.43 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,234.50 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,234.50 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,460.34 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,516.80 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,629.72 ↑ +111%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,423.07 ↑ +147%

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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,243.49 $686.99 – $2,214.42
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,725.70 $454.09 – $3,951.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,772.63 $454.09 – $4,431.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $841.80 $454.09 – $1,815.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $832.73 $454.09 – $1,792.51
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $667.09 $454.09 – $1,860.58
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $2,868.49 $454.09 – $3,613.26
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,168.54 $454.09 – $2,132.86

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