Ins vag brachytx device at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$505.22
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.
$981.00
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.
$99.84 with BCBS - Anthem vs $8,557.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.84 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.84 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $255.01 | ↓ -50% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $355.70 | ↓ -30% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↓ -23% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↓ -23% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | ↓ -23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $490.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $588.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $637.65 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $637.65 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $676.89 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $784.80 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $922.14 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $971.19 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $981.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $981.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $981.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↑ +715% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +972% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,629.00 | ↑ +1212% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,112.00 | ↑ +1308% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,112.00 | ↑ +1308% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,112.00 | ↑ +1308% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,546.00 | ↑ +1394% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +1594% |
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Ins vag brachytx device at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $277.95 | $391.93 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $247.26 | $86.82 – $706.44 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $750.72 | $424.02 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $5,563.68 | $333.14 – $1,597.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $353.22 | $118.06 – $1,266.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $281.75 | $353.00 – $2,581.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $490.08 | $333.14 – $1,293.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $1,067.52 | $333.14 – $1,535.00 |