Bone tendon board add on at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$4,180.77
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.
$8,118.00
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.
$123.17 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,793.28 with Aetna — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $123.17 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $162.07 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $255.96 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,867.14 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,029.50 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,029.50 | ↓ -51% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,653.10 | ↓ -13% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,464.90 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,627.26 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,951.98 | ↑ +18% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,276.70 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,276.70 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,276.70 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,357.88 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,601.42 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,007.32 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,494.40 | ↑ +55% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,494.40 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,656.76 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7,062.66 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,143.84 | ↑ +71% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,630.92 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,793.28 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,793.28 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,793.28 | ↑ +86% |
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Bone tendon board add on at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $7,529.45 | $408.31 – $18,265.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7,448.27 | $171.28 – $19,686.15 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,176.86 | $307.92 – $14,207.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $9,096.30 | $157.67 – $9,950.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $6,935.67 | $193.45 – $12,471.48 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $7,830.01 | $27.50 – $11,577.93 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $5,835.10 | $525.77 – $13,570.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $11,508.13 | $143.76 – $143.76 |