Artery x-rays arms/legs 75716-26 at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$4,320.34
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.
$8,389.00
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.
$210.84 with Kaiser vs $3,999.21 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $210.84 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $432.02 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $432.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $455.41 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,198.23 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,198.23 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,198.23 | ↓ -72% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,040.32 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,072.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,072.20 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,167.84 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,199.72 | ↓ -49% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,550.40 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,837.32 | ↓ -34% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,996.72 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,188.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $3,506.80 | ↓ -19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -7% |
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Artery x-rays arms/legs 75716-26 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,076.47 | $318.98 – $13,858.31 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,383.86 | $210.84 – $13,457.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,147.74 | $210.84 – $15,820.61 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,753.94 | $210.84 – $15,009.21 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,724.25 | $210.84 – $15,009.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $11,311.80 | $1,652.78 – $4,434.05 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,609.60 | $4,061.05 – $4,434.05 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,716.27 | $210.84 – $7,197.14 |