Cervical or vaginal cancer screening g0101 at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$104.55
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.
$203.00
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.
$103.19 with Allcare vs $203.00 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.
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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| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $103.19 | ↓ -1% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $117.53 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $117.53 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $117.53 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $117.53 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $117.53 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $117.53 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $117.53 | ↑ +12% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $117.53 | ↑ +12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $117.53 | ↑ +12% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $121.80 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $131.95 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $131.95 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $140.07 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $162.40 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $190.82 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $200.97 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $203.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $203.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $203.00 | ↑ +94% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cervical or vaginal cancer screening g0101 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $108.56 | $28.46 – $107.80 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $207.57 | $136.88 – $136.88 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $121.89 | not published |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $50.70 | $80.00 – $100.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $141.36 – $144.24 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $111.06 – $241.72 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | not published | $111.06 – $241.72 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | not published | $130.66 – $241.72 |