Zika virus dna/rna amp probe 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

$51.35

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.

$132.00

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.

$14.52 with WCMG vs $151.51 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 $14.52 ↓ -72%
United Medicaid|< 21 $45.61 ↓ -11%
United Medicaid|> 21 $45.61 ↓ -11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $45.61 ↓ -11%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $46.20 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $48.39 ↓ -6%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $50.17 ↓ -2%
United Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -0%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -0%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -0%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $51.31 ↓ -0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $51.31 ↓ -0%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -0%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $52.85 ↑ +3%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $54.12 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $61.57 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $61.57 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|HMO $61.57 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $72.60 ↑ +41%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $85.75 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $86.66 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $93.72 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $95.04 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $99.00 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $99.00 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $104.28 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $105.60 ↑ +106%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $105.60 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $107.64 ↑ +110%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $107.64 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $108.24 ↑ +111%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $113.62 ↑ +121%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $114.84 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $118.80 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $118.80 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $121.44 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $132.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $132.00 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $132.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $132.00 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $132.00 ↑ +157%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $151.51 ↑ +195%

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Zika virus dna/rna amp probe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.82 $35.64 – $136.13
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $83.70 $10.26 – $145.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $255.00 $50.28 – $370.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $56.50 $41.04 – $132.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $87.92 $45.61 – $129.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $51.75 $35.64 – $155.41
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $48.98 $45.61 – $147.44
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $48.45 $45.61 – $147.44

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