Guid loc target vol rad tx at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$410.46
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.
$797.00
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.
$94.97 with BCBS - Anthem vs $797.00 with United — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $94.97 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $94.97 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $224.06 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $224.06 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $224.06 | ↓ -45% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $478.20 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $484.39 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $518.05 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $518.05 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $549.93 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $637.32 | ↑ +55% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $637.60 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $749.18 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $797.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $797.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $797.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $797.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $797.00 | ↑ +94% |
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Guid loc target vol rad tx at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $175.64 | $108.27 – $348.87 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,424.82 | $220.09 – $11,311.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,858.44 | $485.19 – $485.19 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $287.64 | $530.60 – $530.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $294.30 | $119.11 – $15,595.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,662.09 | $398.07 – $398.07 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,692.16 | $208.23 – $633.72 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $879.13 | $109.83 – $3,151.00 |