Ablate arrhythmia add on at Mercy Medical Center Merced

333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$9,325.11

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.

$18,107.00

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.

$378.45 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $39,336.00 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.

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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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $378.45 ↓ -96%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $418.29 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $903.51 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $1,542.60 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $1,542.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,322.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,322.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,322.00 ↓ -43%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,864.20 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11,769.55 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11,769.55 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12,493.83 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14,485.60 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $17,020.58 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|HMO $17,925.93 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18,107.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18,107.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $18,107.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $18,921.00 ↑ +103%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $24,896.00 ↑ +167%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $39,336.00 ↑ +322%

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Ablate arrhythmia add on at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $20,936.84 $465.49 – $47,801.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,539.09 $378.45 – $3,596.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,409.64 $378.45 – $3,524.08
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,018.51 $378.45 – $18,932.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $995.52 $2,747.00 – $16,692.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,989.75 $329.80 – $26,088.96
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,190.05 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $13,690.08 $1,200.00 – $16,338.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →