Radiation treatment aid(s) at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$421.79
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.
$819.00
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.
$49.26 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $819.00 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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| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.26 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.47 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.47 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $106.40 | ↓ -75% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $166.33 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -60% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $168.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $302.31 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $302.31 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $302.31 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $410.41 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $491.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $532.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $532.35 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $539.98 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $565.11 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $655.20 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $769.86 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $819.00 | ↑ +94% |
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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $390.70 | $74.53 – $776.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $567.96 | $49.26 – $11,311.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $461.00 | $49.26 – $9,050.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $914.43 | $190.84 – $396.43 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $446.76 | $172.87 – $449.56 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $584.48 | $49.26 – $1,988.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $911.88 | $187.03 – $337.27 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $530.88 | $146.94 – $319.81 |