Cardiac rehabilitation op phase 2 without 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

$243.08

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.

$472.00

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.

$14.46 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 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $14.46 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $14.46 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $16.63 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $16.63 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $31.23 ↓ -87%
Allcare Commercial|All Plans $144.57 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -34%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -34%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $159.98 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $178.17 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $234.42 ↓ -4%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $283.20 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $306.80 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $306.80 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $325.68 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $370.46 ↑ +52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $377.60 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $443.68 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|Options PPO $472.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|HMO $472.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $472.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $594.00 ↑ +144%

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Cardiac rehabilitation op phase 2 without continous ecg monitoring at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $299.60 $14.46 – $631.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $274.40 $14.46 – $686.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $83.31 $14.46 – $62.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $212.16 $165.80 – $195.16
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $85.85 $14.46 – $180.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $138.72 $140.93 – $306.72
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $352.44 $19.67 – $443.94
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $135.45 $14.46 – $541.43

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