Cemiplimab-rwlc 50 mg/ml 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

$11,247.60

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.

$21,840.00

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.

$28.92 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $20,529.60 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
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $28.92 ↓ -100%
Allcare Commercial|All Plans $36.02 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $36.09 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $36.09 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $36.46 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $36.46 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $36.46 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $36.46 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $36.46 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $36.46 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $36.46 ↓ -100%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $36.46 ↓ -100%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $36.46 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $37.46 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $37.46 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $40.32 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $43.64 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $45.66 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $46.55 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $46.55 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $46.55 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $49.83 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $53.06 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $62.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $83.79 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $151.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $151.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $151.02 ↓ -99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $13,104.00 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $14,196.00 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14,196.00 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $15,069.60 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17,472.00 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20,529.60 ↑ +83%

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Cemiplimab-rwlc 50 mg/ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $15,950.56 $36.46 – $34,334.98
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $25,959.46 $29.76 – $62.18
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $25,959.46 $29.76 – $62.18
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $13,533.58 $25.30 – $62.18
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $12,285.00 $28.92 – $23,205.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $22,615.32 $30.42 – $40,666.08
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $19,736.47 $29.76 – $62.18
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $13,533.58 $25.30 – $62.18

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