Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$2,559.04
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.
$4,969.00
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.
$175.66 with Kaiser 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.66 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $202.01 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $202.01 | ↓ -92% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $314.24 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $319.15 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $319.15 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $338.79 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $379.43 | ↓ -85% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $392.80 | ↓ -85% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $461.54 | ↓ -82% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $491.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $491.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $491.00 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $491.00 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $491.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $491.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $491.00 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $491.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $540.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $831.46 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,638.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,801.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,801.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,801.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,911.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,938.30 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,405.50 | ↑ +72% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,450.00 | ↑ +74% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,450.00 | ↑ +74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +112% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,022.00 | ↑ +213% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +234% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,131.00 | ↑ +257% |
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Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,247.87 | $150.32 – $2,336.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $974.43 | $130.88 – $1,944.85 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,521.66 | $890.70 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,770.64 | $175.66 – $3,607.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $889.78 | $84.34 – $319.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,350.83 | $175.66 – $3,607.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $920.83 | $175.66 – $2,035.24 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $910.90 | $175.66 – $2,035.24 |