Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$207.03
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.
$402.00
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.
$166.20 with Healthsmart vs $277.00 with United — 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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| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $166.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $180.05 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $180.05 | ↓ -13% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $181.78 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $191.13 | ↓ -8% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -4% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $221.60 | ↑ +7% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $260.38 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $274.23 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $277.00 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $277.00 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $277.00 | ↑ +34% |
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Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $227.33 | $140.13 – $404.82 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $349.25 | $198.80 – $649.74 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $127.88 | $49.68 – $188.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $262.64 | $180.90 – $656.60 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $217.04 | $198.80 – $323.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $214.70 | $198.80 – $319.16 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $358.02 | $165.49 – $165.49 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $707.47 | $5.80 – $58.00 |