Gi tract capsule endoscopy (pillcam) 91110 at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$2,254.16
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.
$4,377.00
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.
$922.94 with Kaiser vs $11,054.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $922.94 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $924.93 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $924.93 | ↓ -59% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,020.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $1,032.63 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -47% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -47% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,191.26 | ↓ -47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,188.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,203.35 | ↓ -2% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,626.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,845.05 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,845.05 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,976.36 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,020.13 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,501.60 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,895.53 | ↑ +73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,114.38 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,333.23 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,377.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,377.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,377.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,377.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,710.00 | ↑ +331% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,054.00 | ↑ +390% |
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Gi tract capsule endoscopy (pillcam) 91110 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,203.00 | $922.94 – $4,750.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,179.25 | $922.94 – $4,691.02 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,274.79 | $804.29 – $3,642.24 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $815.52 | $991.55 – $3,281.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $2,347.65 | $922.94 – $4,434.45 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $993.30 | $577.50 – $5,100.35 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $1,729.35 | $1,166.53 – $3,245.22 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $1,266.72 | $991.55 – $3,465.00 |