Cidofovir injection at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$1,783.96
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.
$3,464.00
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.
$496.82 with United vs $3,256.16 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.
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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| United | Commercial|HMO | $496.82 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $496.82 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $496.82 | ↓ -72% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $521.83 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $638.07 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $638.07 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -62% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $672.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $802.89 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $937.07 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,037.23 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,037.23 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,077.31 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,127.15 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,244.68 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,417.53 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,421.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,078.40 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,238.69 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,251.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,251.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,390.16 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,725.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,725.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,725.00 | ↑ +53% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,771.20 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,256.16 | ↑ +83% |
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Cidofovir injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,314.00 | $496.82 – $1,723.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,800.64 | $496.82 – $8,702.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,297.35 | $397.45 – $2,792.65 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,574.21 | $560.79 – $1,121.93 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,574.21 | $560.79 – $1,211.48 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,648.28 | $427.08 – $1,121.93 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $3,196.80 | $478.07 – $6,038.40 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $956.42 | $400.46 – $3,428.00 |