Assay alkaline phosphatase at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$140.60
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.
$273.00
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.
$6.99 with BCBS - Anthem vs $256.62 with MultiPlan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $6.99 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $6.99 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.72 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.91 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.91 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9.91 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9.91 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.84 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $44.65 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.65 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $44.65 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $76.86 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $79.17 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $101.13 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $106.47 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $159.82 | ↑ +14% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $163.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $177.45 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $177.45 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $188.37 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $218.40 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $256.62 | ↑ +83% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay alkaline phosphatase at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $93.50 | $8.26 – $23.74 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $92.49 | $8.03 – $23.74 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $143.90 | $8.26 – $201.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $74.68 | $7.02 – $208.28 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $133.92 | $8.09 – $480.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $51.60 | $6.08 – $96.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $160.71 | $8.26 – $411.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $40.10 | $7.60 – $98.40 |