Removal cerclage w/anes at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$2,337.59
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.
$4,539.00
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.
$193.33 with Kaiser vs $16,193.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $193.33 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $222.33 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $222.33 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $417.59 | ↓ -82% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,723.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,950.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,950.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,131.91 | ↑ +34% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $3,282.27 | ↑ +40% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,631.20 | ↑ +55% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,039.91 | ↑ +73% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,039.91 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,039.91 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,039.91 | ↑ +73% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,039.91 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,039.91 | ↑ +73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,039.91 | ↑ +73% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,039.91 | ↑ +73% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $4,039.91 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,116.00 | ↑ +76% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,266.66 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,539.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,416.00 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,557.00 | ↑ +266% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,362.00 | ↑ +300% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,722.00 | ↑ +316% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $11,445.00 | ↑ +390% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,445.00 | ↑ +390% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $11,445.00 | ↑ +390% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $14,225.00 | ↑ +509% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14,950.00 | ↑ +540% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $16,193.00 | ↑ +593% |
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Removal cerclage w/anes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,686.74 | $292.49 – $7,096.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,294.32 | $193.33 – $7,543.06 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,546.83 | $193.33 – $6,367.06 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,705.49 | $193.33 – $4,039.91 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,771.15 | $193.33 – $4,039.91 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,364.29 | $4,596.27 – $17,909.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,474.63 | $4,361.52 – $6,970.59 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $792.04 | $193.33 – $2,694.00 |