Pr application splint static short arm at Mercy Medical Center Merced

333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$94.76

Cash price

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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.

$184.00

Gross charge

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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.

$60.67 with Kaiser vs $8,557.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $60.67 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $87.22 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $87.22 ↓ -8%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $95.63 ↑ +1%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $110.40 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $119.60 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $119.60 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $126.96 ↑ +34%
Allcare Commercial|All Plans $143.25 ↑ +51%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $147.20 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +73%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +73%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +73%
United Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $163.78 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $172.96 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|HMO $182.16 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $184.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $184.00 ↑ +94%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $184.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $184.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,116.00 ↑ +4244%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,416.00 ↑ +5615%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,629.00 ↑ +6896%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,546.00 ↑ +7863%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8,557.00 ↑ +8930%

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Pr application splint static short arm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $875.16 $179.30 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $135.25 $60.67 – $699.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $170.50 $36.48 – $138.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $117.21 $60.67 – $1,149.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $205.89 $60.67 – $443.19
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,147.50 $188.91 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $803.76 $171.12 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $541.11 $179.26 – $721.00

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