Srs linear based at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$16,550.04
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.
$32,136.00
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.
$806.21 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $30,207.84 with MultiPlan — 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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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $806.21 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $927.14 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $927.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,741.41 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,800.00 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,800.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,997.29 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,997.29 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,997.29 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,500.00 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,763.56 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,898.93 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -41% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -41% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $9,713.09 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,063.32 | ↓ -15% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $19,281.60 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19,766.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $20,888.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20,888.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $22,173.84 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $25,708.80 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $30,207.84 | ↑ +83% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Srs linear based at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $30,144.80 | $10,199.00 – $10,199.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $30,144.80 | $10,199.00 – $10,199.00 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $30,144.80 | $10,199.00 – $10,199.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $30,144.80 | $10,199.00 – $10,199.00 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $30,144.80 | $10,199.00 – $10,199.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $13,913.86 | $806.21 – $31,858.82 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $15,769.71 | $6,533.28 – $10,457.69 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $16,777.98 | $7,408.78 – $9,473.00 |