Mayo factor v at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$15.97
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.
$31.00
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.
$6.14 with Blue Shield CA vs $21.16 with Kern Health System — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6.14 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -48% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12.70 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.76 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $13.76 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $14.39 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $14.61 | ↓ -9% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $16.93 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $17.65 | ↑ +11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $17.65 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $17.65 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $17.65 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $17.65 | ↑ +11% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $17.65 | ↑ +11% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $17.65 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $17.65 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $17.65 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.84 | ↑ +18% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $19.90 | ↑ +25% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.16 | ↑ +32% |
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Mayo factor v at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $9.27 | $5.72 – $46.82 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $30.99 | $3.53 – $50.44 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $93.87 | $17.30 – $144.10 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $32.10 | $10.58 – $45.47 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $14.10 | $11.46 – $21.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $29.40 | $5.72 – $53.45 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $11.51 | $10.58 – $50.71 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $11.38 | $10.58 – $50.71 |