C motor evoked upr&lwr limbs 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

$1,411.62

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.

$2,741.00

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.

$476.84 with Kaiser vs $13,394.00 with United — 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 $476.84 ↓ -66%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $476.84 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $477.87 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $477.87 ↓ -66%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $527.02 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,138.36 ↓ -19%
Allcare Commercial|All Plans $1,194.27 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -8%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -8%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -8%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,292.70 ↓ -8%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,644.60 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,781.65 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,781.65 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,863.88 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,891.29 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,192.80 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,439.49 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,576.54 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,741.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,741.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,925.00 ↑ +532%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9,267.00 ↑ +556%
United Commercial|HMO $13,394.00 ↑ +849%

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C motor evoked upr&lwr limbs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,722.66 $586.51 – $3,067.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,730.41 $476.84 – $3,962.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,584.86 $476.84 – $3,962.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,043.63 $476.84 – $2,250.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,032.38 $476.84 – $2,222.27
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,158.95 $415.54 – $3,232.44
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,216.02 $375.12 – $1,563.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $928.20 $862.52 – $2,043.29

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