Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$90.13
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.
$175.00
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.
$25.52 with Blue Shield CA vs $88.00 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $25.52 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.32 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.51 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.51 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $42.11 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $42.11 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $42.11 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $42.11 | ↓ -53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $52.80 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $57.20 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $57.20 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $59.84 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $60.72 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $66.70 | ↓ -26% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $70.40 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $78.32 | ↓ -13% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $82.72 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $88.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $88.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $88.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $88.00 | ↓ -2% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $25.11 | $7.02 – $50.95 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $311.61 | $34.39 – $280.28 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $78.33 | $28.07 – $107.80 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $335.00 | $30.88 – $85.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $71.74 | $28.07 – $118.58 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $64.93 | $23.00 – $100.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $64.23 | $23.00 – $100.84 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $536.52 | $35.09 – $354.21 |