M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$70.04
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.
$135.99
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.
$65.87 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $135.99 with Aetna — 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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| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $65.87 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $75.75 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $75.75 | ↑ +8% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $81.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $88.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $88.40 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $92.48 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $93.84 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $103.01 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $103.01 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $103.01 | ↑ +47% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $103.01 | ↑ +47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $108.80 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $121.04 | ↑ +73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $127.84 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $135.99 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $135.99 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $135.99 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $135.99 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $135.99 | ↑ +94% |
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M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $124.49 | $108.69 – $286.15 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $68.88 | $26.76 – $101.36 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $50.46 | $65.87 – $243.64 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $49.91 | $65.87 – $243.64 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $77.66 | $13.60 – $108.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $39.99 | $28.56 – $496.65 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $24.82 | $22.24 – $302.34 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $134.07 | $65.87 – $244.92 |