Anti-thymocyte glob (equine)(1:1000) intradermal test dose at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$4,017.00
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.
$7,800.00
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.
$389.11 with BCBS - Anthem vs $7,800.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $389.11 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $512.00 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $808.59 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,950.00 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,950.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,340.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $2,697.74 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,886.34 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,680.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,070.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,070.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,382.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,073.57 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,073.57 | ↑ +51% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,240.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +59% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +59% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,369.66 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,941.23 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,186.95 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,186.95 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,186.95 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,332.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,800.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,800.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,800.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,800.00 | ↑ +94% |
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Anti-thymocyte glob (equine)(1:1000) intradermal test dose at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,818.66 | $600.42 – $13,595.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,329.24 | $2,245.43 – $13,323.10 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,865.08 | $1,289.89 – $8,334.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,823.41 | $541.09 – $8,230.22 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,501.06 | $972.75 – $7,112.60 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,255.50 | $671.13 – $4,500.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $18,191.43 | $944.59 – $9,791.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $2,657.80 | $1,177.51 – $6,104.72 |