Evasc prlng admn rx agnt add at Mercy Medical Center Merced

333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,604.23

Cash price

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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.

$3,115.00

Gross charge

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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.

$188.38 with Inland Empire Health Plan 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $188.38 ↓ -88%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $188.38 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $406.90 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $1,282.45 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $1,282.45 ↓ -20%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,557.50 ↓ -3%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,869.00 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,024.75 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,024.75 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,149.35 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,492.00 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,928.10 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|HMO $3,083.85 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,115.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,115.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,115.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,769.00 ↑ +260%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,591.00 ↑ +373%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11,994.00 ↑ +648%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,877.00 ↑ +890%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15,877.00 ↑ +890%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15,877.00 ↑ +890%

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Evasc prlng admn rx agnt add at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,041.43 $285.00 – $7,197.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,031.76 $188.38 – $9,231.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,692.64 $188.38 – $9,231.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,140.46 $188.38 – $2,735.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,128.16 $188.38 – $3,043.26
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $894.35 $188.38 – $2,453.64
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $5,252.16 $1,597.00 – $5,357.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $9,273.76 $418.20 – $11,681.60

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