Ascenda two piece catheter 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

$11,994.35

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.

$23,290.00

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.

$4,102.74 with Health Net vs $17,838.00 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.

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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
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $4,102.74 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $4,459.50 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $4,459.50 ↓ -63%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,027.10 ↓ -33%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $9,810.90 ↓ -18%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $10,167.66 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|HMO $10,881.18 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11,594.70 ↓ -3%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $11,594.70 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11,594.70 ↓ -3%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $11,773.08 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12,308.22 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $13,200.12 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $13,556.88 ↑ +13%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14,270.40 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14,270.40 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14,627.16 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $15,519.06 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15,697.44 ↑ +31%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $16,767.72 ↑ +40%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,124.48 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,124.48 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,124.48 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17,838.00 ↑ +49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17,838.00 ↑ +49%

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Ascenda two piece catheter at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $22,951.20 $9,631.92 – $31,303.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $38,632.50 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22,428.49 $9,231.28 – $39,333.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $20,541.98 $7,625.84 – $39,333.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $21,601.48 $11,148.75 – $40,135.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $21,368.58 $11,148.75 – $43,257.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $36,345.46 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $15,172.50 not published

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