Io rad tx delivery by x-ray at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$13,769.04
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.
$26,736.00
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.
$1,889.18 with Aetna vs $26,736.00 with United — 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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| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,889.18 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,889.18 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,889.18 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,800.00 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,800.00 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,500.00 | ↓ -60% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -29% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -29% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -29% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $16,041.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $17,378.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,378.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $18,447.84 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $21,388.80 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $25,131.84 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $26,736.00 | ↑ +94% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Io rad tx delivery by x-ray at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $9,161.85 | $620.00 – $19,756.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $5,956.80 | $1,616.52 – $17,525.04 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $6,025.44 | $1,585.42 – $17,525.04 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $10,035.20 | $716.00 – $17,525.04 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $9,473.00 – $9,473.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $1,011.06 – $9,923.58 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $10,248.54 – $10,457.69 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $645.84 – $17,525.04 |