Very long chain fatty acids at Mercy Hospital of Folsom
1650 Creekside Dr, Folsom, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1356389878
$41.50
Cash price 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.
$106.66
Gross charge 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.
$11.74 with WCMG vs $106.66 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $11.74 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.05 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $18.62 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $19.75 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $19.75 | ↓ -52% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -52% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $20.34 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.02 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.02 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $23.70 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.70 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $23.70 | ↓ -43% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.32 | ↓ -39% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $37.34 | ↓ -10% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $43.28 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $43.74 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $43.75 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.23 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.33 | ↑ +31% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.33 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $58.33 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $58.67 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $75.73 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $76.80 | ↑ +85% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $80.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $80.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $84.27 | ↑ +103% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $85.33 | ↑ +106% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $85.33 | ↑ +106% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $87.47 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO Tandem | $92.80 | ↑ +124% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $96.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $96.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $98.13 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $106.66 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $106.66 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $106.66 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $106.66 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $106.66 | ↑ +157% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Very long chain fatty acids at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $115.92 | $18.00 – $18.00 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $115.92 | $18.00 – $18.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $115.92 | $18.00 – $18.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $115.92 | $18.00 – $18.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $139.88 | $13.00 – $13.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $139.88 | $13.00 – $13.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $115.92 | $18.00 – $18.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $97.03 | $3.95 – $150.35 |