Amifostine at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$2,499.81
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.
$4,854.00
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.
$525.58 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,204.00 with Health Net — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $525.58 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $691.57 | ↓ -72% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,075.87 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,092.18 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,237.25 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,237.25 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,285.69 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,285.69 | ↓ -49% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $1,287.81 | ↓ -48% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,322.40 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,343.28 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,343.28 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,343.28 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,432.60 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,432.60 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,520.76 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,542.83 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,761.40 | ↓ -30% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,763.20 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,873.89 | ↓ -25% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,071.76 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,204.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,204.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,204.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,204.00 | ↓ -12% |
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Amifostine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,837.57 | $681.42 – $1,799.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,817.76 | $730.87 – $2,249.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,007.41 | $495.49 – $1,750.34 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,007.41 | $591.04 – $1,750.34 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,189.23 | $477.36 – $3,608.56 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $3,600.00 | $672.77 – $6,800.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,255.50 | $797.13 – $4,938.24 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $2,577.31 | $825.45 – $2,147.00 |