Air injection into abdomen 49400 at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$279.65
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.
$543.00
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.
$48.28 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $8,557.00 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 |
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| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $69.40 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $69.40 | ↓ -75% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $76.09 | ↓ -73% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $116.50 | ↓ -58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $149.12 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $151.45 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $151.45 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $160.77 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $164.35 | ↓ -41% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $186.40 | ↓ -33% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $219.02 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $230.67 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $233.00 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $233.00 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $233.00 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↑ +1372% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1803% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1803% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1803% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +1837% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +2960% |
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Air injection into abdomen 49400 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $396.33 | $48.28 – $907.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $363.00 | $48.28 – $907.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $202.94 | $48.28 – $486.83 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $200.75 | $48.28 – $541.53 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $190.52 | $48.28 – $263.76 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $330.30 | $48.28 – $660.60 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $811.34 | $48.28 – $2,908.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $510.72 | $1,266.00 – $13,012.00 |