Ecmo/ecls daily mgmt-venous 33948 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

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$167.91 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $15,877.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $167.91
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $167.91
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $167.91
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $167.91
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $167.91
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $167.91
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $167.91
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $167.91
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $167.91
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $167.91
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $167.91
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $167.91
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $167.91
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $167.91
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $167.91
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $193.10
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $193.10
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $362.69
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,407.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,746.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $15,399.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15,877.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15,877.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,877.00
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Ecmo/ecls daily mgmt-venous 33948 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,243.58 $167.91 – $5,137.16
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,429.60 $1,597.00 – $9,718.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $4,563.75 $228.36 – $5,748.68
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $2,610.00 $167.91 – $5,220.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $2,452.69 $167.91 – $8,791.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $2,967.53 $167.91 – $5,336.10
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,145.50 $353.00 – $6,312.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $4,858.56 $1,293.00 – $15,328.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →