Warde lipoprotein-associated phospholipase a2 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

$17.69

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.

$45.45

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.

$4.18 with WCMG vs $136.74 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 $4.18 ↓ -76%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $13.28 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $15.56 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $20.87 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $26.94 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $27.32 ↑ +54%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $28.46 ↑ +61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $28.46 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $29.98 ↑ +69%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $30.36 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $30.36 ↑ +72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $31.12 ↑ +76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $33.01 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $34.15 ↑ +93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $34.15 ↑ +93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $34.91 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $35.78 ↑ +102%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $36.95 ↑ +109%
United Medicaid|< 21 $36.95 ↑ +109%
United Medicaid|> 21 $36.95 ↑ +109%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $37.94 ↑ +114%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $37.94 ↑ +114%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
United Medicare|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|HMO $37.94 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $37.94 ↑ +114%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $37.94 ↑ +114%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $37.94 ↑ +114%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $37.94 ↑ +114%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $39.08 ↑ +121%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $102.55 ↑ +480%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $136.74 ↑ +673%

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Warde lipoprotein-associated phospholipase a2 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $273.00 $32.00 – $32.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $273.00 $32.00 – $32.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $31.30 $9.26 – $60.97

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