Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$406.34
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.
$789.00
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.
$51.48 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $9,131.00 with Health Net — 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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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.48 | ↓ -87% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $78.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $99.84 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $101.40 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $101.40 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $107.64 | ↓ -74% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $124.80 | ↓ -69% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $146.64 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $154.44 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $171.60 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,266.00 | ↑ +458% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↑ +913% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1210% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1210% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1210% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +1233% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,022.00 | ↑ +1874% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +2006% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,131.00 | ↑ +2147% |
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Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $406.47 | $250.56 – $975.58 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $375.32 | $196.39 – $464.63 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $481.93 | $510.57 – $1,103.48 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $951.72 | $19.92 – $75.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $503.72 | $330.48 – $1,199.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $481.93 | $350.73 – $1,039.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $476.74 | $350.73 – $1,026.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $817.02 | $314.54 – $6,200.00 |