Trnscath tx thromblytc cath rmv sbsq day at Mercy Medical Center Merced

333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,260.85

Cash price

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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.

$4,390.00

Gross charge

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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.

$119.51 with California Health & Wellness vs $11,994.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $119.51 ↓ -95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $119.51 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $258.14 ↓ -89%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $933.00 ↓ -59%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,194.24 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,212.90 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,212.90 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $1,282.45 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $1,282.45 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,287.54 ↓ -43%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,492.80 ↓ -34%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,754.04 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|HMO $1,847.34 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,866.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,866.00 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,866.00 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,866.00 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,866.00 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,866.00 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,866.00 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,866.00 ↓ -17%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,866.00 ↓ -17%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,866.00 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +77%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,769.00 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,591.00 ↑ +236%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,124.00 ↑ +259%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,124.00 ↑ +259%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,124.00 ↑ +259%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9,710.00 ↑ +329%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $11,054.00 ↑ +389%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11,994.00 ↑ +431%

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Trnscath tx thromblytc cath rmv sbsq day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,682.57 $180.81 – $11,900.46
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,836.21 $119.51 – $12,962.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,345.32 $119.51 – $12,962.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,615.71 $119.51 – $3,999.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,598.29 $119.51 – $3,999.21
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,075.12 $4,316.00 – $8,552.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,473.61 $4,061.05 – $8,925.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,900.90 $0.80 – $1,949.00

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