Bronchoscopy/needle bx addl 31633 at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$1,314.28
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.
$2,552.00
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.
$83.94 with Inland Empire Health Plan 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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| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.94 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $84.12 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $84.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $92.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $198.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,531.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,658.80 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,658.80 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,760.88 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,041.60 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,398.88 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,526.48 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,552.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,552.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,552.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↑ +213% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +312% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,112.00 | ↑ +441% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,112.00 | ↑ +441% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,112.00 | ↑ +441% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +551% |
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Bronchoscopy/needle bx addl 31633 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $930.10 | $83.94 – $2,030.67 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $920.07 | $83.94 – $2,481.93 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $1,325.30 | $232.10 – $1,856.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $672.97 | $73.15 – $1,922.76 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,565.34 | $99.48 – $1,971.76 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $809.67 | $61.46 – $2,452.65 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $1,003.86 | $116.31 – $1,940.40 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $644.19 | $61.46 – $2,364.00 |