Conjugated estrogens 25 mg solution for injection at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$406.34
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.
$789.00
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.
$76.16 with BCBS - Anthem vs $789.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $76.16 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $100.21 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $158.26 | ↓ -61% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $387.35 | ↓ -5% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $405.19 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $433.48 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $433.48 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $452.26 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $452.26 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $473.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $496.48 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $496.48 | ↑ +22% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $496.48 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $496.48 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $496.48 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $496.48 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $496.48 | ↑ +22% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $496.48 | ↑ +22% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $496.48 | ↑ +22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $512.85 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $512.85 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $542.71 | ↑ +34% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $544.41 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $563.48 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $619.60 | ↑ +52% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $631.20 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $631.80 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $631.80 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $631.80 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $741.66 | ↑ +83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $789.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $789.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $789.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $789.00 | ↑ +94% |
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Conjugated estrogens 25 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $491.44 | $70.86 – $666.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,143.29 | $66.33 – $823.21 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $864.99 | $117.52 – $1,980.58 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $792.24 | $346.23 – $1,980.58 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $298.66 | $234.08 – $644.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $295.44 | $105.91 – $635.95 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,143.29 | $71.80 – $823.21 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,143.29 | $85.64 – $823.21 |