Perc rf ablate renal tumor at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$7,468.02
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.
$14,501.00
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.
$54.74 with BCBS - Anthem vs $23,063.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.74 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,932.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,266.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,122.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,996.16 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4,058.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,058.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,308.36 | ↓ -42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,995.20 | ↓ -33% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,869.36 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,181.56 | ↓ -17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,244.00 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,244.00 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,244.00 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,244.00 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,244.00 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,244.00 | ↓ -16% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,244.00 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6,244.00 | ↓ -16% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,244.00 | ↓ -16% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $6,244.00 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,057.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,057.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,057.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $11,094.00 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,597.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $17,217.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $19,600.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $23,063.00 | ↑ +209% |
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Perc rf ablate renal tumor at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,373.87 | $2,696.22 – $13,082.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,601.05 | $7,413.14 – $15,114.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,045.82 | $4,164.21 – $15,114.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,458.53 | $3,848.31 – $11,402.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,399.68 | $62.83 – $11,259.87 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,217.03 | $0.80 – $6,044.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $9,338.10 | $4,812.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $7,995.51 | $64.74 – $10,071.46 |