System cardiomems hosp electronics at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$23,372.76
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.
$45,384.00
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.
$9,489.34 with Health Net vs $41,258.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $9,489.34 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $10,314.50 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $10,314.50 | ↓ -56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $18,566.10 | ↓ -21% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $22,691.90 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $23,517.06 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $25,167.38 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $26,817.70 | ↑ +15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $26,817.70 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26,817.70 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $27,230.28 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $28,468.02 | ↑ +22% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $30,530.92 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $31,356.08 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $33,006.40 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $33,006.40 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33,831.56 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $35,894.46 | ↑ +54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36,307.04 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $38,782.52 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39,607.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $39,607.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $39,607.68 | ↑ +69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41,258.00 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $41,258.00 | ↑ +77% |
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System cardiomems hosp electronics at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $19,110.00 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $19,110.00 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $72,374.00 | not published |