Eeg without vid ea 12-26hr cont at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$656.63
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.
$1,275.00
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.
$638.04 with Allcare 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $638.04 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $765.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $828.75 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $828.75 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $867.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $879.75 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,020.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,023.18 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,134.75 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,176.66 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,176.66 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,198.50 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,275.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,275.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,275.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,925.00 | ↑ +1259% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,267.00 | ↑ +1311% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,394.00 | ↑ +1940% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Eeg without vid ea 12-26hr cont at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,402.50 | $502.87 – $1,366.84 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $670.40 | $674.18 – $1,807.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $663.17 | $674.18 – $1,807.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,278.57 | $529.83 – $1,727.34 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,638.63 | $479.94 – $1,958.82 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $821.10 | $143.80 – $1,150.40 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,296.93 | $1,963.39 – $1,963.39 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $371.33 | $265.23 – $1,263.00 |