Cholangiogram percutaneous compl at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$1,874.60
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.
$3,640.00
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.
$749.07 with California Health & Wellness vs $16,193.00 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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| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $749.07 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $861.43 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $861.43 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,617.99 | ↓ -14% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,820.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,184.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,366.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,366.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,511.60 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,912.00 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,421.60 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,603.60 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,640.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,640.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,640.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,640.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,640.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,640.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,640.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $3,640.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,640.00 | ↑ +94% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $3,640.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $4,004.00 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↑ +120% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +139% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +189% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,112.00 | ↑ +279% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,112.00 | ↑ +279% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,112.00 | ↑ +279% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +356% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $14,225.00 | ↑ +659% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $16,193.00 | ↑ +764% |
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Cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,075.64 | $1,133.27 – $8,890.24 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,754.80 | $749.07 – $3,981.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,245.36 | $660.69 – $2,447.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,119.31 | $749.07 – $3,017.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,371.48 | $749.07 – $3,737.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,171.78 | $746.76 – $3,556.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,547.05 | $1,639.46 – $11,377.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,167.68 | $3,914.24 – $8,519.24 |