Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$1,012.49
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.
$1,966.00
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.
$107.65 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 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $123.80 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $123.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $232.52 | ↓ -77% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $306.20 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -70% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -70% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $307.13 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $725.26 | ↓ -28% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $880.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $953.55 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $953.55 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $954.23 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,012.23 | ↓ -0% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,173.60 | ↑ +16% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,378.98 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,467.00 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,467.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,629.00 | ↑ +555% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,546.00 | ↑ +645% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,925.00 | ↑ +781% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,267.00 | ↑ +815% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,394.00 | ↑ +1223% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $382.38 | $162.86 – $680.94 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $388.22 | $21.73 – $123.83 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $724.20 | $321.54 – $554.35 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $767.84 | $107.65 – $1,758.12 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $165.17 | $64.16 – $243.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $703.25 | $107.65 – $1,758.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $505.31 | $107.65 – $1,000.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $609.96 | $107.65 – $987.50 |