Instillation anticarcinogenic agent bladder at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$421.79
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.
$819.00
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.
$114.50 with Health Plan of San Joaquin 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 |
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| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $114.50 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $164.59 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $164.59 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $247.32 | ↓ -41% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $308.64 | ↓ -27% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $409.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $491.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $532.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $532.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $565.11 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $594.69 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $594.69 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $594.69 | ↑ +41% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $655.20 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $769.86 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $810.81 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +101% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +101% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↑ +876% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +1184% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,629.00 | ↑ +1472% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,546.00 | ↑ +1689% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +1929% |
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Instillation anticarcinogenic agent bladder at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $694.51 | $133.49 – $965.15 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $386.49 | $114.50 – $884.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $125.21 | $46.31 – $175.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $364.56 | $114.50 – $911.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $286.63 | $114.50 – $781.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $697.17 | $313.00 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $637.50 | $896.84 – $8,018.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $971.04 | $297.38 – $4,042.00 |