Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$1,533.67
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.
$2,978.00
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.
$67.21 with Partnership Health Plan vs $11,994.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.21 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.36 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.36 | ↓ -96% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $73.71 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $159.21 | ↓ -90% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $1,032.63 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -22% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -22% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -22% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,786.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,935.70 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,935.70 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,054.82 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,382.40 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,799.32 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,948.22 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,978.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,978.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,978.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $5,769.00 | ↑ +276% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,112.00 | ↑ +364% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,112.00 | ↑ +364% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,112.00 | ↑ +364% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,591.00 | ↑ +395% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,710.00 | ↑ +533% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,054.00 | ↑ +621% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $11,994.00 | ↑ +682% |
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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $508.52 | $82.67 – $2,072.04 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $321.78 | $187.51 – $447.17 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,660.05 | $593.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $861.14 | $67.21 – $1,971.76 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,215.12 | $50.97 – $193.06 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $788.71 | $67.21 – $1,971.76 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $700.45 | $67.21 – $1,510.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,660.16 | $1,287.79 – $7,455.00 |