Ceftazidime 4.5 mg/0.2 ml intraocular injection - cnr 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

$70.56

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$137.00

Gross charge

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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.

$2.56 with Blue Shield CA vs $24.44 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.56 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.56 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.72 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.72 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $2.72 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3.07 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3.23 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $3.51 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $6.50 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $6.50 ↓ -91%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $7.80 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.36 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8.36 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8.36 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $10.10 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $13.29 ↓ -81%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $15.60 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.90 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $16.90 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $17.94 ↓ -75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $20.99 ↓ -70%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.44 ↓ -65%

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Ceftazidime 4.5 mg/0.2 ml intraocular injection - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $2.56 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $3.20 – $8.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $121.98 $2.72 – $69.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.92 $2.56 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $42.30 $1.36 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $41.84 $2.64 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $3.20 – $9.52
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $3.28 – $11.36

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