Tissue surgimend prs meshed 20 cm x 10 cm - cost per 0.5cm at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$7,065.80
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.
$13,720.00
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.
$22.95 with BCBS - Anthem vs $332.16 with Aetna — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $22.95 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.20 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $47.69 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $79.58 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $86.50 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $86.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $155.70 | ↓ -98% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $190.30 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $197.22 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $211.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $224.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $224.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $224.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $228.36 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $238.74 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $256.04 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $276.80 | ↓ -96% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $276.80 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $283.72 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $301.02 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $304.48 | ↓ -96% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $325.24 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $332.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $332.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $332.16 | ↓ -95% |
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Tissue surgimend prs meshed 20 cm x 10 cm - cost per 0.5cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,737.60 | $19.99 – $19.99 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $12,725.30 | $76.07 – $778.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $12,588.10 | $31.91 – $839.05 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,715.64 | $21.63 – $21.63 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,578.39 | $25.81 – $25.81 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,180.36 | $50.96 – $50.96 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,578.39 | $25.87 – $25.87 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,050.52 | $57.37 – $692.00 |