Block plantar digital nerve at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$449.60
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.
$873.00
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.
$22.63 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $8,557.00 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 Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.63 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.53 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.88 | ↓ -89% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $343.94 | ↓ -24% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -17% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -17% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -17% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $523.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $567.45 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $567.45 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $602.37 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $698.40 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $820.62 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $864.27 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $873.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $873.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $873.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↑ +815% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1084% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1084% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1084% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +1105% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,629.00 | ↑ +1374% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,546.00 | ↑ +1578% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +1803% |
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Block plantar digital nerve at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $550.80 | $413.65 – $1,921.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $204.47 | $22.63 – $300.86 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $307.55 | $22.63 – $662.02 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,294.38 | $435.83 – $6,200.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $612.51 | $413.57 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $970.53 | $1,333.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $861.90 | $427.11 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $851.04 | $335.57 – $5,171.00 |