Trnscath plc stent crv crtd without prtct at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$17,077.92
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.
$33,161.00
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.
$588.23 with Kern Health System vs $33,161.00 with United — 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 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $588.23 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $676.46 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $676.46 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,270.58 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8,124.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8,124.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,124.00 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9,887.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,782.00 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,009.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,506.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $19,896.60 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $20,554.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21,554.65 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $21,554.65 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $22,881.09 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $26,528.80 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $31,171.34 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $32,829.39 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33,161.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $33,161.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $33,161.00 | ↑ +94% |
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Trnscath plc stent crv crtd without prtct at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,657.65 | $889.93 – $10,075.26 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $6,165.60 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $6,165.60 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $6,165.60 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $6,165.60 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $6,165.60 | not published |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $11,899.98 | $588.23 – $32,100.75 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $9,589.11 | $588.23 – $27,397.44 |