Echo transesophageal at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$968.20
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.
$1,880.00
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.
$596.41 with BCBS - Anthem 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $596.41 | ↓ -38% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $632.75 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -28% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -28% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $784.71 | ↓ -19% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,128.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,222.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,222.00 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,240.10 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,297.20 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,504.00 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,767.20 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,880.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,925.00 | ↑ +822% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,267.00 | ↑ +857% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,394.00 | ↑ +1283% |
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Echo transesophageal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,022.73 | $15.34 – $1,816.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $858.88 | $591.57 – $2,147.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $382.13 | $515.00 – $824.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $378.01 | $515.00 – $813.70 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $494.07 | $287.25 – $1,149.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,135.86 | $557.58 – $7,832.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $245.48 | $188.25 – $870.84 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $1,437.68 | $10.93 – $4,355.01 |