Tc-99m labeled rbc at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$437.75
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.
$850.00
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.
$51.80 with Kern Health System vs $799.00 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.80 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $59.57 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $111.89 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $161.29 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $165.59 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $173.99 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $173.99 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $173.99 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $212.22 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $335.16 | ↓ -23% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $510.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $552.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $552.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $586.50 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $680.00 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $799.00 | ↑ +83% |
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Tc-99m labeled rbc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $243.09 | $78.36 – $432.90 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,383.21 | $138.00 – $138.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,383.21 | $138.00 – $138.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,284.41 | $123.00 – $123.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,284.41 | $123.00 – $123.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $479.54 | $85.47 – $667.36 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $1,383.21 | $138.00 – $138.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $1,383.21 | $138.00 – $138.00 |