Perc cryo ablate renal tum at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$22,155.30
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.
$43,020.00
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.
$3,895.37 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $28,713.00 with Health Net — 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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| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,895.37 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,479.68 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,479.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,175.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,904.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,027.50 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $8,027.50 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $8,414.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,521.50 | ↓ -62% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,880.00 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $10,694.00 | ↓ -52% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,609.00 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12,226.50 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,350.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $12,350.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $12,350.00 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $12,350.00 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12,350.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $12,350.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $12,350.00 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $12,350.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $12,350.00 | ↓ -44% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $12,350.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,071.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $21,363.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21,363.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $21,363.00 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $22,232.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $25,223.00 | ↑ +14% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $28,713.00 | ↑ +30% |
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Perc cryo ablate renal tum at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,900.35 | $3,020.76 – $22,376.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $15,488.04 | $3,895.37 – $35,463.26 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $14,185.31 | $3,895.37 – $35,463.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $15,687.37 | $3,895.37 – $19,537.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $15,518.23 | $3,895.37 – $19,293.38 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $11,350.76 | $0.80 – $8,105.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $15,746.25 | $3,423.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $20,419.68 | $7,908.00 – $25,292.72 |