#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$15.45
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.
$30.00
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.
$5.24 with BCBS - Anthem vs $30.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.24 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.24 | ↓ -66% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.54 | ↓ -58% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -53% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7.31 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8.70 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8.77 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8.77 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8.77 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.77 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.70 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.13 | ↓ -9% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $18.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19.50 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $20.40 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $20.70 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $24.00 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.70 | ↑ +73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $28.20 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $30.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $30.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $30.00 | ↑ +94% |
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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $11.13 | $6.41 – $24.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $11.01 | $6.02 – $23.70 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $17.13 | $3.00 – $24.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $8.82 | $6.21 – $24.60 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $7.25 | $3.64 – $25.95 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $220.18 | $6.25 – $395.92 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $29.24 | $4.56 – $39.07 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $26.59 | $6.54 – $42.50 |