Angio balloon ctrl dialysis seg 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

$15,762.09

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.

$30,606.00

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.

$665.67 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $30,606.00 with United — 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 $665.67 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $665.67 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $665.67 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $830.92 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $830.92 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,437.85 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,322.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,322.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,322.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $9,887.00 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $13,009.00 ↓ -17%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $15,303.00 ↓ -3%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $18,363.60 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $19,893.90 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19,893.90 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $20,554.00 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21,118.14 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $24,484.80 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28,769.64 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|HMO $30,299.94 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|Options PPO $30,606.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $30,606.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $30,606.00 ↑ +94%

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Angio balloon ctrl dialysis seg add-on at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,175.07 $1,007.09 – $5,654.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13,551.34 $665.67 – $29,221.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,411.51 $665.67 – $29,635.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13,995.61 $665.67 – $27,179.71
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $13,844.71 $665.67 – $29,640.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8,448.09 $0.80 – $3,742.20
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,348.32 $1,200.00 – $13,634.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $12,115.80 $982.65 – $15,261.54

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