Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$2,744.95
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.
$5,330.00
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.
$278.63 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $2,292.00 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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| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $278.63 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $400.53 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $400.53 | ↓ -85% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $441.72 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $954.12 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,466.88 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,489.80 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,489.80 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,581.48 | ↓ -42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,833.60 | ↓ -33% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,154.48 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,269.08 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,292.00 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,292.00 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,292.00 | ↓ -17% |
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Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,991.59 | $342.71 – $3,546.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,402.99 | $278.63 – $3,212.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,310.46 | $278.63 – $3,276.14 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,512.04 | $278.63 – $4,078.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $17,408.85 | $1,646.41 – $2,747.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $432.48 | $2,699.00 – $2,699.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,275.38 | $278.63 – $3,643.92 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,060.22 | $1,620.56 – $1,716.00 |