Colpocentesis 57020 at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
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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.
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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.
$58.73 with Health Plan of San Joaquin 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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| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $58.73 | — |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.73 | — |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.73 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.73 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $84.42 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $84.42 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $126.86 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $5,769.00 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,272.25 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,272.25 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,272.25 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,272.25 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,272.25 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6,272.25 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,272.25 | — |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,272.25 | — |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $6,272.25 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,112.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,112.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,112.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,591.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $11,994.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $14,225.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $16,193.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Colpocentesis 57020 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $9,384.00 | $2,570.00 – $6,878.93 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,433.58 | $6,200.00 – $16,652.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $10,495.80 | $6,433.99 – $16,652.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $5,695.68 | $3,125.00 – $6,740.02 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $6,199.05 | $8,005.00 – $25,998.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $10,039.35 | $2,995.00 – $7,102.79 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,983.68 | $4,114.00 – $9,990.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,042.60 | $1,528.00 – $8,364.18 |