Chloroprocaine hcl injection at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$56.65
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.
$110.00
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.
$17.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $68.00 with United — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.00 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.40 | ↓ -64% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $40.80 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.20 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $44.20 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $46.92 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $48.96 | ↓ -14% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $54.40 | ↓ -4% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $63.92 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63.92 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $67.32 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $68.00 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $68.00 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $68.00 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $68.00 | ↑ +20% |
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Chloroprocaine hcl injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $0.08 – $0.09 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $115.14 | $44.55 – $97.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $105.45 | $59.94 – $217.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $41.56 | $28.00 – $70.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $41.11 | $17.50 – $70.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $84.15 | $0.08 – $0.11 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $26.76 | $16.90 – $65.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $84.15 | $0.08 – $0.09 |