Generator emblem MRI sicd subq at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$23,372.76
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.
$45,384.00
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.
$2,427.42 with Health Net vs $10,554.00 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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| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,427.42 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,638.50 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,638.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,749.30 | ↓ -80% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,804.70 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,015.78 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,437.94 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,860.10 | ↓ -71% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,860.10 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,860.10 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,965.64 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,282.26 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7,809.96 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8,021.04 | ↓ -66% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,443.20 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8,443.20 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,654.28 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9,181.98 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,287.52 | ↓ -60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,920.76 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,131.84 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,131.84 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,131.84 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,554.00 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,554.00 | ↓ -55% |
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Generator emblem MRI sicd subq at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $49,197.04 | $5,698.56 – $18,520.32 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $61,070.50 | $17,958.00 – $42,486.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $60,375.84 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $43,704.80 | $7,100.10 – $30,252.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $40,028.69 | $5,865.30 – $30,252.60 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $42,093.66 | $6,596.25 – $23,746.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $41,639.82 | $6,596.25 – $25,593.45 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $60,375.84 | not published |