Place slctv cath carotid/inom art intcrn uni at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$7,615.31
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.
$14,787.00
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.
$256.89 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $19,600.00 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 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $256.89 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $444.75 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $444.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $554.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $6,038.97 | ↓ -21% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -10% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,112.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,112.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,112.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,393.50 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $7,407.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,872.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,611.55 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,611.55 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,746.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10,203.03 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,829.60 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,899.78 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14,639.13 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,787.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,787.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14,787.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15,399.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $17,217.00 | ↑ +126% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $19,600.00 | ↑ +157% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,662.91 | $388.64 – $12,900.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $12,719.91 | $1,696.40 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $11,387.80 | $256.89 – $13,172.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $10,429.95 | $256.89 – $13,172.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,336.47 | $256.89 – $11,507.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,278.93 | $256.89 – $11,363.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,040.95 | $2,285.77 – $27,307.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,549.53 | $5,835.00 – $27,307.00 |