Brace back epic lo 627 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

$301.79

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.

$586.00

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.

$134.78 with Health Net vs $586.00 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 $134.78 ↓ -55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $263.70 ↓ -13%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $302.67 ↑ +0%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $302.67 ↑ +0%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $334.02 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $348.07 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $348.07 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|HMO $357.46 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $380.90 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $380.90 ↑ +26%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $380.90 ↑ +26%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $386.76 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $404.34 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $433.64 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $445.36 ↑ +48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $468.80 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|Options PPO $468.80 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $480.52 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $509.82 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $515.68 ↑ +71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $550.84 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $562.56 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $562.56 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $562.56 ↑ +86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $586.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $586.00 ↑ +94%

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Brace back epic lo 627 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $543.52 $302.67 – $1,318.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $537.66 $302.67 – $1,421.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $344.57 $302.67 – $1,172.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,262.70 $389.52 – $1,590.54
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $676.34 $293.48 – $1,334.00
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $779.06 $280.14 – $1,307.32
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $140.66 – $260.22
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank not published $140.66 – $260.22

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