Esophagus motility study at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$1,688.17
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.
$3,278.00
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.
$79.31 with Kaiser vs $9,131.00 with Health Net — 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 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.00 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $271.58 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $313.56 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $412.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $638.04 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $651.97 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -60% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,639.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,966.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,130.70 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,130.70 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,261.82 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,622.40 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,081.32 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,245.22 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,278.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,278.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,278.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +215% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +215% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,322.00 | ↑ +215% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,022.00 | ↑ +375% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,131.00 | ↑ +441% |
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Esophagus motility study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,045.07 | $97.55 – $1,861.08 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $637.30 | $79.31 – $1,459.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $583.69 | $79.31 – $1,459.22 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,332.27 | $79.31 – $2,872.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,317.90 | $79.31 – $2,836.89 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $917.87 | $79.31 – $2,622.48 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,506.60 | $79.31 – $2,845.80 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $352.80 | $198.07 – $1,311.00 |