Cardiac shunt imaging 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

$573.20

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.

$1,113.00

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.

$124.99 with BCBS - Anthem vs $511.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $124.99 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $124.99 ↓ -78%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $327.04 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $332.15 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $332.15 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $347.48 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $352.59 ↓ -38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $408.80 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $454.79 ↓ -21%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $480.34 ↓ -16%
Allcare Commercial|All Plans $483.69 ↓ -16%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -11%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -11%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $510.57 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $511.00 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $511.00 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $511.00 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $511.00 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Options PPO $511.00 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $511.00 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|HMO $511.00 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $511.00 ↓ -11%

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Cardiac shunt imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $430.56 $265.41 – $1,824.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,770.56 $507.06 – $1,920.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $364.70 $491.50 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $360.77 $143.47 – $1,976.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $280.77 $111.51 – $531.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $980.10 $552.06 – $6,158.70
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $1,930.30 $135.86 – $3,144.20
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $373.10 $279.66 – $1,434.70

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