#covid19rsv-rsv at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$170.47
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.
$331.00
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.
$62.39 with Partnership Health Plan vs $331.00 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.
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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.39 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -59% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -59% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $70.20 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $71.75 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $71.75 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $84.24 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $84.24 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $84.24 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $84.24 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $95.99 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $129.09 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $134.76 | ↓ -21% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $198.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $215.15 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $215.15 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $225.08 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $228.39 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $264.80 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $294.59 | ↑ +73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $311.14 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $331.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $331.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $331.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $331.00 | ↑ +94% |
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#covid19rsv-rsv at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $113.01 | $69.66 – $201.24 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $117.74 | $14.04 – $204.67 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $135.15 | $68.80 – $506.26 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $180.62 | $56.16 – $204.82 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $152.52 | $62.39 – $171.99 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $165.43 | $56.16 – $214.62 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $85.33 | $57.50 – $201.73 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $84.41 | $57.50 – $201.73 |