Lung perfusion imaging at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$488.22
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.
$948.00
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.
$161.37 with Kaiser vs $574.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $161.37 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $185.58 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $185.58 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $348.56 | ↓ -29% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $367.36 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $373.10 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $373.10 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $390.32 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $396.06 | ↓ -19% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $459.20 | ↓ -6% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $483.69 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +5% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +5% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $510.86 | ↑ +5% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $539.56 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $574.00 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $574.00 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $574.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $574.00 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $574.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $574.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $574.00 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $574.00 | ↑ +18% |
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Lung perfusion imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,671.85 | $244.14 – $2,977.26 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $756.89 | $80.37 – $1,094.16 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,520.02 | $538.74 – $717.24 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,449.64 | $161.37 – $2,894.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,295.37 | $161.37 – $2,284.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,173.65 | $161.37 – $2,083.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $398.83 | $161.37 – $1,976.45 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $394.53 | $161.37 – $1,976.45 |