Warde lipoprotein (a) 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

$8.95

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.

$23.00

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.

$2.53 with WCMG vs $42.30 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 $2.53 ↓ -72%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $8.05 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $9.43 ↑ +5%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $11.51 ↑ +29%
United Medicaid|< 21 $11.51 ↑ +29%
United Medicaid|> 21 $11.51 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $12.65 ↑ +41%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $12.66 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $13.50 ↑ +51%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.32 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.32 ↑ +60%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $14.32 ↑ +60%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.32 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $14.32 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $14.32 ↑ +60%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $14.32 ↑ +60%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $14.32 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $14.75 ↑ +65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $16.33 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16.56 ↑ +85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.18 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|HMO $17.18 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.18 ↑ +92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.25 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17.25 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18.17 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $18.40 ↑ +106%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $18.40 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18.86 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $20.01 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $20.70 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $20.70 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $21.16 ↑ +136%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $21.64 ↑ +142%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.87 ↑ +144%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.00 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23.00 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.00 ↑ +157%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $23.00 ↑ +157%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $23.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $23.00 ↑ +157%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $31.72 ↑ +254%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $42.30 ↑ +373%

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Warde lipoprotein (a) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7.01 $4.32 – $38.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $9.39 $2.86 – $18.99
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $24.29 $14.03 – $103.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $24.40 $8.00 – $36.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $123.21 $8.67 – $15.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $22.35 $4.32 – $43.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.31 $8.00 – $41.16
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.88 $8.00 – $41.16

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