Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$251.32
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.
$488.00
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.
$121.80 with Healthsmart vs $7,546.00 with Health Net — 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 |
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| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $121.80 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $131.95 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $131.95 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $140.07 | ↓ -44% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $162.40 | ↓ -35% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $181.78 | ↓ -28% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $190.82 | ↓ -24% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $203.00 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $397.98 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $402.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $402.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,266.00 | ↑ +802% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,629.00 | ↑ +2538% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,546.00 | ↑ +2903% |
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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,432.08 | $167.40 – $483.60 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,904.22 | $198.80 – $899.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,575.83 | $198.80 – $899.64 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $13,539.74 | $54.81 – $198.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,460.86 | $182.70 – $2,747.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,131.00 | $165.49 – $2,699.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,606.77 | $40.53 – $193.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,608.47 | $179.04 – $1,716.00 |