Mayo pancreatic elastase fecal qualitative or semi quantitative at Mercy Medical Center Merced

333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$115.36

Cash price

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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.

$224.00

Gross charge

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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.

$10.10 with Partnership Health Plan vs $210.56 with MultiPlan — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $10.10 ↓ -91%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $11.53 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $11.62 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $11.62 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.84 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $13.84 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13.84 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $13.84 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $21.82 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $56.86 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $56.86 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $56.86 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $64.96 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $87.36 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $97.21 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $127.90 ↑ +11%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $134.40 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $145.60 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $145.60 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $154.56 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $179.20 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $202.12 ↑ +75%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $210.56 ↑ +83%

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Mayo pancreatic elastase fecal qualitative or semi quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $33.80 $2.31 – $52.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $20.40 $11.30 – $74.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $83.11 $10.10 – $179.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $82.21 $10.10 – $176.96
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $20.40 $11.53 – $93.90
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $20.40 $11.53 – $106.48
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $127.91 $11.53 – $179.20
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $20.40 $106.73 – $106.73

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