Dilate ic vasospasm ea add vsl same territory 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

$1,318.92

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.

$2,561.00

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.

$845.13 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $16,506.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $845.13 ↓ -36%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,280.50 ↓ -3%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,536.60 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,664.65 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,664.65 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,767.09 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,048.80 ↑ +55%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,266.00 ↑ +72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,407.34 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|HMO $2,535.39 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,561.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,561.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,561.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,769.00 ↑ +337%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,591.00 ↑ +476%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11,782.00 ↑ +793%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11,994.00 ↑ +809%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15,877.00 ↑ +1104%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15,877.00 ↑ +1104%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,877.00 ↑ +1104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16,506.00 ↑ +1151%

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Dilate ic vasospasm ea add vsl same territory at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $219.00 $135.00 – $415.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $965.21 $710.10 – $2,603.70
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $735.89 $525.63 – $2,102.52
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,551.34 $478.56 – $1,954.12
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $5,102.08 $4,206.01 – $18,287.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $9,681.00 $1,807.00 – $5,149.00
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $1,393.75 $2,199.20 – $2,694.02
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $9,160.90 $1,821.00 – $6,832.00

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