Hpa-6 genotyping at Mercy Medical Center Merced

333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$43.22

Cash price

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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.

$83.91

Gross charge

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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.

$50.35 with Healthsmart vs $83.91 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $50.35 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $54.55 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $54.55 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $57.06 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $57.90 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $67.13 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $74.68 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $78.88 ↑ +83%
United Medicare|All Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|HMO $83.91 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $83.91 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $83.91 ↑ +94%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $83.91 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $83.91 ↑ +94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $83.91 ↑ +94%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $83.91 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $83.91 ↑ +94%

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Hpa-6 genotyping at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $35.92 $29.31 – $314.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $32.90 $15.83 – $370.19
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $31.14 $41.96 – $351.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $30.80 $41.96 – $351.20
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $47.92 $8.40 – $67.13
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $24.67 $17.63 – $83.91
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $23.42 $20.98 – $222.83
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $30.55 $36.09 – $425.48

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