Belimumab 120 mg intravenous solution 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

$3,729.12

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.

$7,241.00

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.

$56.45 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,042.62 with MultiPlan — 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 Commercial|Exchange $56.45 ↓ -98%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $59.43 ↓ -98%
Allcare Commercial|All Plans $59.78 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $63.48 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $63.48 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $64.89 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $64.89 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $71.16 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $71.16 ↓ -98%
United Medicare|All Plans $71.16 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $71.16 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $71.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $71.16 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $71.16 ↓ -98%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $71.16 ↓ -98%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $71.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $74.28 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $76.18 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $79.58 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $86.97 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $90.60 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $90.60 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Options PPO $90.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $117.31 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $128.37 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $287.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $287.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $287.05 ↓ -92%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,303.80 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,412.45 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,412.45 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,499.37 ↓ -60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,738.40 ↓ -53%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,042.62 ↓ -45%

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Belimumab 120 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9,276.90 $52.04 – $6,370.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,711.77 $71.16 – $1,751.43
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,766.69 $53.22 – $118.19
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,766.69 $57.19 – $118.19
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $5,153.33 $48.61 – $118.19
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,600.00 $44.16 – $4,420.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $3,844.98 $59.37 – $2,074.66
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $8,417.10 $53.95 – $118.19

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