Liver imaging at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$1,957.00
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,800.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$111.73 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,671.54 with Allcare — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.73 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $128.49 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $128.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $241.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -65% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -65% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $717.13 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $943.54 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $960.77 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $960.77 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $960.77 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↓ -44% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,114.24 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,131.65 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,131.65 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,201.29 | ↓ -39% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,392.80 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,491.11 | ↓ -24% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,636.54 | ↓ -16% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $1,671.54 | ↓ -15% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Liver imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $514.66 | $107.65 – $743.99 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,214.79 | $111.73 – $2,228.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,248.05 | $111.73 – $2,691.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,234.59 | $111.73 – $2,657.56 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,674.33 | $692.71 – $2,035.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,619.54 | $111.73 – $3,652.28 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,009.92 | $593.60 – $2,035.50 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,294.20 | $111.73 – $7,994.90 |