Cath lt/rt pulm art 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

$1,622.25

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.

$3,150.00

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.

$111.50 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $8,557.00 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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $111.50 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $160.29 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $160.29 ↓ -90%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $175.77 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $379.66 ↓ -77%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $676.00 ↓ -58%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $865.28 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $878.80 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $878.80 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $932.88 ↓ -42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,081.60 ↓ -33%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,270.88 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|HMO $1,338.48 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,352.00 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,352.00 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,352.00 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,116.00 ↑ +154%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,322.00 ↑ +228%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,322.00 ↑ +228%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,322.00 ↑ +228%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,416.00 ↑ +234%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,557.00 ↑ +427%

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Cath lt/rt pulm art at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $620.21 $137.15 – $1,104.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,238.21 $111.50 – $634.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,134.06 $111.50 – $614.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,097.05 $111.50 – $1,815.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,085.22 $111.50 – $2,019.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,341.30 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,341.30 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,222.64 $0.80 – $1,138.20

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