Stent iliac/open or perc/uni/init 37221 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

$13,171.64

Cash price

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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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$25,576.00

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.

$431.87 with Kern Health System vs $34,751.00 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.

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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
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $431.87 ↓ -97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $431.87 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $496.44 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $496.44 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $932.84 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $9,887.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,057.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,057.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,057.00 ↓ -24%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,690.20 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11,581.05 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11,581.05 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12,293.73 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $13,009.00 ↓ -1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14,253.60 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +9%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +9%
United Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +9%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +9%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +9%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +9%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $14,409.33 ↑ +9%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $16,747.98 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|HMO $17,638.83 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,817.00 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17,817.00 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,817.00 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $20,554.00 ↑ +56%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $30,527.00 ↑ +132%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $34,751.00 ↑ +164%

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Stent iliac/open or perc/uni/init 37221 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7,828.82 $653.38 – $26,644.42
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,227.21 $431.69 – $16,067.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,426.84 $431.69 – $16,067.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $26,484.95 $431.87 – $57,110.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $37,914.41 $431.87 – $56,396.52
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $23,993.97 $9,256.00 – $62,607.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $11,337.81 $11,036.00 – $62,607.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $12,511.17 $0.80 – $8,033.00

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