Cardiac rehabilitation op phase 2 w/continous ecg monitoring 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

$282.74

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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.

$549.00

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.

$22.25 with Kaiser vs $594.00 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 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $22.25 ↓ -92%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $22.25 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $25.59 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $25.59 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $48.06 ↓ -83%
Allcare Commercial|All Plans $144.57 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -43%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -43%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -43%
United Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $281.34 ↓ -0%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $329.40 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $356.85 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $356.85 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $370.17 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $378.81 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $439.20 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $516.06 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $549.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $549.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|HMO $549.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $549.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $594.00 ↑ +110%

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Cardiac rehabilitation op phase 2 w/continous ecg monitoring at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $326.31 $18.93 – $581.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $299.60 $22.25 – $686.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $217.79 $22.25 – $320.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $274.40 $22.25 – $686.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $132.12 $22.25 – $284.40
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $297.33 $165.80 – $308.18
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $143.18 $22.25 – $414.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $138.72 $140.93 – $306.72

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