Cath ablt rx lasr 2.0mm turbo at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$4,180.77
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.
$8,118.00
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.
$1,104.46 with Health Net vs $4,802.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,104.46 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,200.50 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,200.50 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,160.90 | ↓ -48% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,641.10 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,737.14 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,929.22 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,121.30 | ↓ -25% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,121.30 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,121.30 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $3,169.32 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,313.38 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,553.48 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,649.52 | ↓ -13% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,841.60 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,841.60 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,937.64 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,177.74 | ↓ -0% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,225.76 | ↑ +1% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,513.88 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,609.92 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,609.92 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,609.92 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,802.00 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,802.00 | ↑ +15% |
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Cath ablt rx lasr 2.0mm turbo at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $4,317.49 | $1,104.95 – $2,614.15 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $10,646.76 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,817.85 | $2,485.15 – $10,588.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,160.28 | $2,052.95 – $10,588.90 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7,448.27 | $3,001.25 – $11,644.85 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,646.76 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,011.26 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $5,548.80 | not published |