Drng of pelvic abscess transrectal 45000 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

$7,261.50

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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.

$14,100.00

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.

$159.78 with California Health & Wellness vs $11,054.00 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.

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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
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $159.78 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $229.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $229.69 ↓ -97%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $251.87 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $544.04 ↓ -93%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $671.50 ↓ -91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $859.52 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $872.95 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $872.95 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $926.67 ↓ -87%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,074.40 ↓ -85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,262.42 ↓ -83%
Allcare Commercial|All Plans $1,319.45 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $1,329.57 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,343.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,343.00 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,343.00 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,343.00 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,343.00 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,343.00 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,343.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,343.00 ↓ -82%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,343.00 ↓ -82%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,343.00 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,498.14 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,498.14 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,116.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,322.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,322.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,322.00 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,416.00 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,557.00 ↑ +18%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9,710.00 ↑ +34%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $11,054.00 ↑ +52%

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Drng of pelvic abscess transrectal 45000 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,192.49 $1,612.61 – $4,657.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,142.81 $159.78 – $2,460.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,087.36 $159.78 – $2,429.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,437.80 $1,699.06 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,452.59 $1,539.08 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,331.10 $1,612.29 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,448.91 $5,981.00 – $20,799.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,720.28 $0.80 – $5,313.84

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