Bundle his recording 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

$3,149.74

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.

$6,116.00

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.

$187.56 with Kaiser vs $15,877.00 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.

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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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $187.56 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $269.62 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $269.62 ↓ -91%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $297.35 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $642.28 ↓ -80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,669.60 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,975.40 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,975.40 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,220.04 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,892.80 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,749.04 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,769.00 ↑ +83%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6,116.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,116.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,116.00 ↑ +94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,116.00 ↑ +94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6,116.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $6,116.00 ↑ +94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,116.00 ↑ +94%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $6,116.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,591.00 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,362.00 ↑ +197%
United Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +206%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9,641.44 ↑ +206%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9,722.00 ↑ +209%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11,994.00 ↑ +281%
United Commercial|HMO $14,950.00 ↑ +375%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15,877.00 ↑ +404%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,877.00 ↑ +404%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15,877.00 ↑ +404%

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Bundle his recording at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,008.63 $230.70 – $13,738.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,072.19 $187.56 – $7,178.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,813.78 $187.56 – $7,178.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,508.82 $187.56 – $6,836.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,464.66 $187.56 – $20,819.80
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,497.92 $3,281.00 – $18,558.59
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $2,529.70 $187.56 – $9,067.00
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