Warde copper 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

$35.61

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.

$91.52

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.

$0.66 with WCMG vs $36.66 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $0.66 ↓ -98%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2.10 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2.46 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3.30 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4.26 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.32 ↓ -88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.50 ↓ -87%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4.50 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.74 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4.80 ↓ -87%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4.80 ↓ -87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.92 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5.22 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5.40 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.40 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5.52 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $5.66 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $6.00 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $6.00 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.00 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|HMO $6.00 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.00 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|< 21 $6.00 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|> 21 $6.00 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $6.18 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $27.49 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.66 ↑ +3%

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Warde copper at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.06 $1.62 – $32.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $100.79 $2.48 – $18.20
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $41.13 $12.16 – $101.56
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $39.18 $3.00 – $31.99
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $56.61 $3.25 – $6.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $35.88 $1.62 – $37.61
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $41.13 $12.41 – $128.35
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $41.13 $12.41 – $145.55

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