Fetal contract stress test 59020 - 26 at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$653.02
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.
$1,268.00
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.
$72.68 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $13,394.00 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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| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.68 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $83.58 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $83.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $156.99 | ↓ -76% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $218.17 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $255.61 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $255.61 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $255.61 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $255.61 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $255.61 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $255.61 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $255.61 | ↓ -61% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $255.61 | ↓ -61% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $255.61 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $503.30 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $662.20 | ↑ +1% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $760.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $824.20 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $824.20 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $874.92 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,014.40 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,046.50 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,191.92 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,268.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,629.00 | ↑ +915% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,546.00 | ↑ +1056% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,925.00 | ↑ +1267% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,267.00 | ↑ +1319% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,394.00 | ↑ +1951% |
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Fetal contract stress test 59020 - 26 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $369.24 | $109.96 – $691.26 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $756.28 | $40.23 – $708.10 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $398.20 | $72.68 – $857.15 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $400.86 | $287.05 – $2,747.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $218.79 | $219.93 – $721.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $234.62 | $72.68 – $654.36 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $424.32 | $221.02 – $1,597.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $695.54 | $98.84 – $876.12 |