Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$2,105.32
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.
$4,088.00
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.
$223.39 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $13,394.00 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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| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.90 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.90 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $482.52 | ↓ -77% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $632.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,214.97 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,598.55 | ↓ -24% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,452.80 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,526.25 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,657.20 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,657.20 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,820.72 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,270.40 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,842.72 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,088.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,022.00 | ↑ +281% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,925.00 | ↑ +324% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,131.00 | ↑ +334% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,267.00 | ↑ +340% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,394.00 | ↑ +536% |
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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,841.31 | $337.97 – $5,059.86 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,816.62 | $736.35 – $928.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,584.46 | $223.39 – $1,518.02 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $213.12 | $82.79 – $313.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,480.98 | $223.39 – $1,518.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $868.14 | $223.39 – $1,852.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,524.60 | $223.39 – $1,829.64 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,596.30 | $775.83 – $3,331.00 |