Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$20,315.21
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.
$39,447.00
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.
$6,259.85 with Kaiser vs $42,061.00 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $6,259.85 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $7,198.83 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $7,198.83 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $7,407.00 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,746.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $13,521.28 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15,399.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,877.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $15,877.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $15,877.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $19,723.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +12% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +12% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $22,815.81 | ↑ +12% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $23,668.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25,640.55 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $25,640.55 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $27,218.43 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $31,557.60 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $36,948.00 | ↑ +82% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $37,080.18 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $39,052.53 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39,447.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $39,447.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $39,447.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $42,061.00 | ↑ +107% |
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Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $15,553.82 | $9,470.53 – $43,115.78 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $16,888.88 | $6,259.85 – $37,265.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $15,046.53 | $6,259.85 – $31,639.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $14,082.79 | $6,259.85 – $24,252.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $14,118.13 | $6,259.85 – $29,987.61 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $30,013.50 | $7,745.00 – $89,248.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $18,127.95 | $9,008.00 – $89,248.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $21,100.97 | $0.80 – $30,178.68 |