Cath acunav ge 10frx90cm 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

$2,473.03

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.

$4,802.00

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.

$297.16 with Health Net vs $1,292.00 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.

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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
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $297.16 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $323.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $323.00 ↓ -87%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $581.40 ↓ -76%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $710.60 ↓ -71%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $736.44 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|HMO $788.12 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $839.80 ↓ -66%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $839.80 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $839.80 ↓ -66%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $852.72 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $891.48 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $956.08 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $981.92 ↓ -60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,033.60 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,033.60 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,059.44 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,124.04 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,136.96 ↓ -54%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,214.48 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,240.32 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,240.32 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,240.32 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,292.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,292.00 ↓ -48%

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Cath acunav ge 10frx90cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,152.59 $784.35 – $2,265.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $11,682.65 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10,163.72 $668.61 – $2,848.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9,308.83 $552.33 – $2,848.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,453.86 $3,001.25 – $10,804.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,405.84 $807.50 – $3,133.10
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $11,682.65 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,249.56 not published

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