Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$54.08
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.
$105.00
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.
$35.89 with Allcare vs $341.00 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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| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $35.89 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.93 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.93 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -30% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -30% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -30% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↓ -30% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $54.00 | ↓ -0% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $58.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $58.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $62.10 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $63.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $69.30 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $69.30 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $69.30 | ↑ +28% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $72.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $73.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $74.55 | ↑ +38% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $84.60 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.50 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $89.10 | ↑ +65% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $90.00 | ↑ +66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $90.00 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $90.00 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $90.00 | ↑ +66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $341.00 | ↑ +531% |
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Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $38.95 | $37.85 – $89.18 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $47.96 | $18.63 – $70.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $35.68 | $24.57 – $89.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $34.14 | $24.84 – $75.44 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $33.77 | $24.84 – $75.44 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $29.70 | $21.21 – $82.82 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $80.92 | $24.96 – $101.92 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $56.70 | $40.93 – $128.11 |