Radphm quant measure sgl area add-on 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

$884.26

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.

$1,717.00

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.

$88.62 with Inland Empire Health Plan vs $1,717.00 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.

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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
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $88.62 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $88.62 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $101.91 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $101.91 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $191.42 ↓ -78%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $309.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $334.75 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $334.75 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $355.35 ↓ -60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $412.00 ↓ -53%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $484.10 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $491.25 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $491.25 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $491.25 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $797.87 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,049.78 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,659.00 ↑ +88%
United Commercial|HMO $1,699.83 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,717.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,717.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,717.00 ↑ +94%

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Radphm quant measure sgl area add-on at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $678.81 $456.61 – $609.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $974.25 $88.62 – $2,100.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $963.75 $88.62 – $2,599.74
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $875.16 $702.94 – $799.25
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $839.46 $873.99 – $873.99
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $615.57 $876.03 – $876.03
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,000.49 $88.62 – $1,428.84
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $809.37 $586.59 – $655.69

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