Mercy Medical Center
333 MERCY AVENUE, Merced, CA 95340
Mercy Medical Center in Merced, CA has an average Medicare payment of $23,278 and a Value Score of D (41/100). Compare prices for 14 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
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About Mercy Medical Center
On the CMS Hospital Compare scale, Mercy Medical Center earns 2 stars, placing it in the lower half of U.S. acute-care hospitals on the combined safety, mortality, and experience measure set. Outcome measures are mixed: 0 mortality, 2 safety, and 0 readmission measures rate better than benchmark; 1 mortality, 0 safety, and 1 rate worse. The composite outcome score is 51/100.
Average payment per documented procedure at Mercy Medical Center is $23,278 — among the higher-cost facilities in the dataset. Combined cost-and-quality value comes to 41/100 — a middling result, reflecting either average quality at average cost or trade-offs in one direction.
Mercy Medical Center is non-profit — a voluntary-association or church-affiliated facility, which is the majority ownership pattern for U.S. acute-care hospitals. The CMS payment record for Mercy Medical Center lists 14 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC, Transient Ischemia, Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses. Emergency services are available, which is the norm for acute-care hospitals and a meaningful factor for any patient choosing a facility for unplanned care.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC DRG 473 · Orthopedic | $26,361 |
Transient Ischemia DRG 069 · Neurological | $9,347 |
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $7,825 |
Cesarean Section without CC/MCC DRG 766 · Obstetric | $11,261 |
Heart Failure and Shock with MCC DRG 291 · Cardiac | $18,756 |
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC DRG 065 · Neurological | $31,328 |
GI Hemorrhage with MCC DRG 378 · Digestive | $23,054 |
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours DRG 208 · Respiratory | $58,159 |
Heart Failure and Shock with CC DRG 292 · Cardiac | $11,448 |
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC DRG 480 · Orthopedic | $24,799 |
Spinal Fusion (Non-Cervical) with MCC DRG 460 · Orthopedic | $42,218 |
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator DRG 871 · Infectious | $14,849 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $13,418 |
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement DRG 470 · Orthopedic | $33,072 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How Mercy Medical Center Compares
Mercy Medical Center has an average Medicare payment of $23,278, 8% above the California state average of $21,491. That is 47% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Orthopedic, where the typical payment is $26,891 (13% below this hospital's average). Its Value Score of D (41/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
Mercy Medical Center Cost & Quality FAQ
Mercy Medical Center has an average payment of $23,278 across 14 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
Mercy Medical Center has a CMS star rating of 2 out of 5. Quality measures include mortality rates, safety incidents, and readmission rates from Medicare data.
Mercy Medical Center has a Value Score of D (41/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Voluntary non-profit - Private facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, Mercy Medical Center offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 333 MERCY AVENUE, Merced, CA 95340. Phone: (209) 564-5000.
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