Embolization s&i at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$2,822.72
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.
$5,481.00
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.
$963.04 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,481.00 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 | Medicaid|< 21 | $963.04 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $963.04 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,288.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,562.65 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,562.65 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,727.08 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,781.89 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,384.80 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,878.09 | ↑ +73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,152.14 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,197.44 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,197.44 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,197.44 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,426.19 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,481.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,481.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,481.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,481.00 | ↑ +94% |
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Embolization s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,632.29 | $2,855.52 – $8,249.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,776.66 | $4,830.97 – $5,605.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,494.58 | $1,663.00 – $3,326.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,368.87 | $816.48 – $3,024.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,743.70 | $2,350.00 – $3,760.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,807.11 | $1,105.41 – $4,874.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,570.22 | $7,083.97 – $7,116.50 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $11,815.68 | $8,033.26 – $8,033.26 |