Antihemophilic viii/vwf comp at Mercy Medical Center Merced

333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$3.09

Cash price

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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.

$6.00

Gross charge

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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.

$0.01 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $0.01 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $0.01 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1.22 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $1.22 ↓ -61%
Allcare Commercial|All Plans $1.42 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1.56 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1.56 ↓ -50%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1.56 ↓ -50%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1.56 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1.56 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1.56 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1.56 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.66 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.66 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1.78 ↓ -42%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $1.80 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.86 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.98 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|HMO $1.98 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.98 ↓ -36%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1.99 ↓ -36%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2.28 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2.35 ↓ -24%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3.60 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3.70 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.90 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3.90 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.14 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.80 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5.64 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.00 ↑ +94%

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Antihemophilic viii/vwf comp at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2.19 $1.22 – $3.90
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2.23 $0.85 – $4.80
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1.68 $0.01 – $6.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $2.73 $0.01 – $3.92
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $3.88 $0.01 – $6.32
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $1.65 $0.02 – $4.98
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $3.55 $0.02 – $5.88
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $1.73 $0.02 – $4.98

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