Antibody elution rbc reference at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$116.39
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.
$226.00
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.
$27.71 with Blue Shield CA vs $217.73 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $27.71 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $37.27 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.61 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.61 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $57.33 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $61.43 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $62.11 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $62.11 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $64.98 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $65.93 | ↓ -43% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $76.44 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.04 | ↓ -27% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $89.82 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $95.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $105.11 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +87% |
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Antibody elution rbc reference at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $189.22 | $43.03 – $394.70 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $80.26 | $32.72 – $122.22 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $102.00 | $112.61 – $287.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $42.95 | $25.94 – $82.02 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $235.77 | $25.96 – $98.33 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $39.33 | $14.01 – $96.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $145.44 | $27.86 – $95.55 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $143.87 | $27.86 – $95.55 |