Exchange drainage catheter at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$4,837.91
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.
$9,394.00
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.
$78.61 with California Health & Wellness vs $13,379.00 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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| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $113.00 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $113.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $123.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $267.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,213.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,553.28 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,577.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,577.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,674.63 | ↓ -65% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,941.60 | ↓ -60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,281.38 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,402.73 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↓ -50% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↓ -50% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,427.00 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,427.00 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,427.00 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,322.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $11,751.00 | ↑ +143% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $13,379.00 | ↑ +177% |
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Exchange drainage catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,196.62 | $96.69 – $4,371.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,545.52 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,112.85 | $78.61 – $4,908.82 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,851.02 | $78.61 – $4,900.98 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,425.08 | $78.61 – $4,431.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,388.15 | $78.61 – $4,375.81 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,837.75 | $2,724.58 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,427.71 | $2,468.04 – $9,858.00 |