Graft wnd mtrx grfx core 1.5x2cm-q4132-cost per sq cm at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$3,215.66
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.
$6,244.00
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.
$131.42 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $4,609.92 with Aetna — 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 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $131.42 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $151.13 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $151.13 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $224.71 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $225.80 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $225.80 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $225.80 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $283.87 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $295.68 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $466.96 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $936.38 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,160.90 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2,737.14 | ↓ -15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,121.30 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,121.30 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,121.30 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $3,169.32 | ↓ -1% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,313.38 | ↑ +3% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,841.60 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,177.74 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,225.76 | ↑ +31% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,513.88 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,609.92 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,609.92 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,609.92 | ↑ +43% |
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Graft wnd mtrx grfx core 1.5x2cm-q4132-cost per sq cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,829.51 | $198.83 – $2,075.76 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $8,482.32 | $80.63 – $195.71 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,624.54 | $131.42 – $10,588.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,235.56 | $131.42 – $10,588.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,791.31 | $131.42 – $10,804.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,728.87 | $61.88 – $2,405.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $7,160.40 | $80.63 – $211.85 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,199.85 | $80.63 – $252.70 |