Icd crtp serena MRI at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$13,193.27
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.
$25,618.00
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.
$1,867.14 with Health Net vs $8,118.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,867.14 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,029.50 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,029.50 | ↓ -85% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,653.10 | ↓ -72% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,464.90 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,627.26 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,951.98 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,276.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,276.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,276.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,357.88 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,601.42 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,007.32 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,169.68 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,494.40 | ↓ -51% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,494.40 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,656.76 | ↓ -50% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,630.92 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,118.00 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,118.00 | ↓ -38% |
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Icd crtp serena MRI at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $20,865.01 | $4,383.12 – $14,245.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $30,536.64 | $2,503.05 – $5,921.85 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $18,604.80 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $22,428.49 | $4,201.18 – $17,900.68 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $20,541.98 | $3,470.54 – $17,900.68 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $12,725.30 | $5,073.75 – $16,236.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $23,504.52 | $5,073.75 – $16,033.05 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $18,604.80 | not published |