Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$655.60
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.
$1,273.00
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.
$113.84 with Kaiser vs $15,877.00 with Aetna — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $113.84 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $130.92 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.92 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $245.89 | ↓ -62% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $487.50 | ↓ -26% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $585.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $633.75 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $633.75 | ↓ -3% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $638.04 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $663.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $672.75 | ↑ +3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +3% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $780.00 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $867.75 | ↑ +32% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $916.50 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $965.25 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $975.00 | ↑ +49% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $975.00 | ↑ +49% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $975.00 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $975.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,022.00 | ↑ +1124% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,131.00 | ↑ +1293% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $15,877.00 | ↑ +2322% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $15,877.00 | ↑ +2322% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,877.00 | ↑ +2322% |
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Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $639.98 | $113.84 – $1,220.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $633.08 | $113.84 – $1,205.54 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $407.49 | $113.84 – $891.24 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $933.60 | $407.95 – $1,200.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $712.80 | $113.84 – $2,281.68 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $734.89 | $113.84 – $2,634.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $701.40 | $306.81 – $1,311.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $326.66 | $113.84 – $801.60 |