Bypass temp external fem-fem at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$792.59
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.
$1,539.00
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.
$250.47 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $9,131.00 with Health Net — 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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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $250.47 | ↓ -68% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $379.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $485.76 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $493.35 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $493.35 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $523.71 | ↓ -34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $607.20 | ↓ -23% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $713.46 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $751.41 | ↓ -5% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $759.00 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $759.00 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $759.00 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $759.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $759.00 | ↓ -4% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $759.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $759.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $759.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $759.00 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $759.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -1% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $828.43 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,266.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,112.00 | ↑ +797% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,112.00 | ↑ +797% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,112.00 | ↑ +797% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,022.00 | ↑ +912% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,131.00 | ↑ +1052% |
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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,322.94 | $845.36 – $2,695.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $563.92 | $410.40 – $1,216.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $557.84 | $760.00 – $1,200.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,009.80 | $890.68 – $5,592.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,641.40 | $806.82 – $5,835.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $602.82 | $845.19 – $5,198.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $981.24 | $3,331.00 – $25,998.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,139.27 | $872.87 – $2,741.00 |