Ascenda two piece catheter at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$11,994.35
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.
$23,290.00
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.
$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.
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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| 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 |
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| 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 |