Pet CT whole body initial at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$2,882.97
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.
$5,598.00
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.
$1,853.28 with LA Care vs $5,381.00 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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| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,853.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $1,896.08 | ↓ -34% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,127.01 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,446.05 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,446.05 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,330.77 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,330.77 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,330.77 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,330.77 | ↑ +16% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,358.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,497.65 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,497.65 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,659.08 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,712.89 | ↑ +29% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,304.80 | ↑ +49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,594.34 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,789.09 | ↑ +66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,058.14 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,381.00 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,381.00 | ↑ +87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,381.00 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,381.00 | ↑ +87% |
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Pet CT whole body initial at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $6,414.92 | $2,127.01 – $9,439.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $17,517.48 | $2,030.33 – $8,785.68 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,136.94 | $1,839.15 – $9,963.01 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,678.56 | $1,989.72 – $7,474.51 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $5,439.36 | $1,563.28 – $3,402.43 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $3,973.25 | $1,225.68 – $5,107.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $6,319.35 | $2,003.90 – $14,043.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1,713.60 | $1,839.15 – $3,495.47 |