Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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

$1,205.90

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.

$3,100.00

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.

$40.33 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 Medicare|All Plans $40.33 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $47.66 ↓ -96%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $341.00 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $541.75 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $574.50 ↓ -52%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $574.50 ↓ -52%
United Medicare|All Plans $574.50 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $574.50 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $574.50 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $574.50 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $591.74 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $856.00 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,077.00 ↓ -11%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,085.00 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1,090.00 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,271.00 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $1,576.00 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,598.00 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,700.00 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,877.00 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,922.00 ↑ +59%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,325.00 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,325.00 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,418.00 ↑ +101%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,449.00 ↑ +103%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,480.00 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,542.00 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,100.00 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,100.00 ↑ +157%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,700.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,717.00 ↑ +374%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,717.00 ↑ +374%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,717.00 ↑ +374%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,082.00 ↑ +487%
United Commercial|HMO $13,336.00 ↑ +1006%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27,872.00 ↑ +2211%

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $800.67 $449.01 – $1,297.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $811.86 $87.44 – $1,031.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,716.15 $593.00 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,691.03 $555.48 – $3,871.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,328.01 $515.85 – $1,954.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,548.80 $555.48 – $3,717.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $818.80 $555.48 – $1,765.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $809.97 $555.48 – $1,064.92

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