Eeg during surgery at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$428.48
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.
$832.00
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.
$127.56 with Inland Empire Health Plan 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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| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.56 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $183.37 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $183.37 | ↓ -57% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $202.22 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $436.80 | ↑ +2% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $499.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $540.80 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $540.80 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $574.08 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $665.60 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $782.08 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $832.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,925.00 | ↑ +1983% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,267.00 | ↑ +2063% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,394.00 | ↑ +3026% |
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Eeg during surgery at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $214.62 | $132.30 – $382.20 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $65.49 | $76.50 – $156.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $54.88 | $37.80 – $140.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $324.26 | $127.56 – $699.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $320.76 | $127.56 – $874.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $254.31 | $127.56 – $709.30 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,212.13 | $216.85 – $1,526.84 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $399.70 | $178.23 – $178.23 |