Tc-99m pentetate dtpa at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$321.36
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.
$624.00
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.
$13.00 with Partnership Health Plan vs $586.56 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.00 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.95 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.95 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $22.99 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.08 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.25 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.63 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $41.63 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $41.63 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $47.78 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $51.96 | ↓ -84% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $374.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $405.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $405.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $430.56 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $499.20 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $586.56 | ↑ +83% |
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Tc-99m pentetate dtpa at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $136.66 | $19.67 – $243.36 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $225.52 | $36.00 – $36.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $225.52 | $36.00 – $36.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $209.41 | $32.00 – $32.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $209.41 | $32.00 – $32.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $240.46 | $21.45 – $334.65 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $225.52 | $36.00 – $36.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $225.52 | $36.00 – $36.00 |