Ultrasound pregnant uterus follow up per fetus 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

$1,635.64

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.

$3,176.00

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.

$74.36 with Health Plan of San Joaquin vs $497.00 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
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $74.36 ↓ -95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $74.36 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $85.51 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $85.51 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -92%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -92%
Allcare Commercial|All Plans $147.27 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $160.62 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $293.57 ↓ -82%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $318.08 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $323.05 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $323.05 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $342.93 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $364.16 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $364.16 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $364.16 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $386.25 ↓ -76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $397.60 ↓ -76%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $467.18 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $497.00 ↓ -70%

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Ultrasound pregnant uterus follow up per fetus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $543.20 $142.00 – $142.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $373.62 $112.50 – $665.34
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $543.20 $142.00 – $142.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $543.20 $142.00 – $142.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $543.20 $142.00 – $142.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $447.20 $96.00 – $96.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $447.20 $96.00 – $96.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $543.20 $142.00 – $142.00

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