Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$4,461.45
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.
$8,663.00
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.
$248.64 with Partnership Health Plan vs $20,554.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $249.18 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $249.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $273.25 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $590.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,331.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,197.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,630.95 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,630.95 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,977.47 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,930.40 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,143.22 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,576.37 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,663.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8,663.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,663.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9,887.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,782.00 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,009.00 | ↑ +192% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,877.00 | ↑ +256% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $15,877.00 | ↑ +256% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $15,877.00 | ↑ +256% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,506.00 | ↑ +270% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $20,554.00 | ↑ +361% |
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Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,603.04 | $305.83 – $4,635.54 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $822.62 | $248.64 – $1,883.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $768.32 | $248.64 – $1,864.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,143.86 | $248.64 – $7,541.86 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,109.96 | $248.64 – $8,389.26 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,556.49 | $9,256.00 – $32,162.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,170.05 | $11,046.00 – $31,625.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $4,050.93 | not published |