Ghs ot work hardening-additional hours at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$159.65
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.
$310.00
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.
$75.00 with Allcare vs $1,048.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $75.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $186.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $201.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $201.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $213.90 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $248.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $275.37 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $275.37 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $275.37 | ↑ +72% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $291.40 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $310.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $310.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $310.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $310.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $310.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $310.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $728.00 | ↑ +356% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $745.00 | ↑ +367% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,048.00 | ↑ +556% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $232.44 | $90.29 – $342.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $115.01 | $155.00 – $12,607.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $113.77 | $155.00 – $12,607.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $100.85 | $47.46 – $1,123.00 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $152.16 | $151.79 – $1,045.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $101.39 | $77.75 – $570.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $128.38 – $128.38 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $132.35 – $132.35 |