Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/us gdn; ea addtl 10006 at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$680.83
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.
$1,322.00
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.
$51.75 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $8,557.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.75 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.51 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.51 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $111.78 | ↓ -84% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $291.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $372.48 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $378.30 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $378.30 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $401.58 | ↓ -41% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $465.60 | ↓ -32% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $547.08 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $576.18 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $582.00 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $582.00 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $582.00 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↑ +505% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +682% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +682% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,322.00 | ↑ +682% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +695% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +1157% |
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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/us gdn; ea addtl 10006 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $415.67 | $78.29 – $740.22 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $622.22 | $85.39 – $1,156.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,255.11 | $1,687.00 – $10,997.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $762.27 | $51.75 – $1,745.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $674.66 | $51.75 – $992.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,126.61 | $51.75 – $1,675.80 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $462.27 | $51.75 – $1,108.94 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $457.29 | $51.75 – $1,233.54 |