Administration immunization 1 vaccine at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$134.93
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.
$262.00
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.
$4.46 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $115.00 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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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $4.46 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $5.13 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $5.13 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $69.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $74.75 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $74.75 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $79.35 | ↓ -41% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $79.45 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -33% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -33% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $90.43 | ↓ -33% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $92.00 | ↓ -32% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $108.10 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $113.85 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $115.00 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $115.00 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $115.00 | ↓ -15% |
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Administration immunization 1 vaccine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $81.91 | $6.75 – $169.34 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $47.04 | $14.23 – $101.85 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $105.57 | $97.03 – $99.01 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $98.87 | $4.46 – $226.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $135.87 | $6.99 – $26.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $90.56 | $4.46 – $226.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $83.48 | $4.46 – $180.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $82.58 | $5.89 – $177.75 |