Pq thr inj ext pse at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$397.58
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.
$772.00
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.
$157.50 with Western Growers vs $9,131.00 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $157.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.83 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.83 | ↓ -55% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $197.19 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $201.60 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $204.75 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $204.75 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $217.35 | ↓ -45% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $252.00 | ↓ -37% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $296.10 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $311.85 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $315.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $315.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $315.00 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $315.00 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $315.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $315.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $315.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $315.00 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $315.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $315.00 | ↓ -21% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $315.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $346.50 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↑ +935% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1239% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1239% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +1239% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +1262% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8,022.00 | ↑ +1918% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +2052% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,131.00 | ↑ +2197% |
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Pq thr inj ext pse at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $378.87 | $220.71 – $1,452.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,171.47 | $845.36 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $674.10 | $179.44 – $1,441.58 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,563.44 | $179.44 – $1,650.32 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $985.49 | $179.44 – $1,314.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $281.22 | $179.44 – $718.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $278.19 | $179.44 – $718.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,009.80 | $890.68 – $6,200.00 |