Cosyntropin 0.25 mg solution for injection at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$256.99
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.
$499.00
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.
$37.86 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $338.34 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.86 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.71 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.71 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $52.97 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $55.16 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $55.16 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55.16 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.78 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $96.24 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $96.24 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $115.49 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $131.84 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $162.82 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $174.41 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $174.41 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $174.41 | ↓ -32% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $208.20 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $214.23 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $225.55 | ↓ -12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $225.55 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $239.43 | ↓ -7% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $277.60 | ↑ +8% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $326.18 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $338.34 | ↑ +32% |
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Cosyntropin 0.25 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $168.20 | $52.97 – $299.52 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $114.30 | $66.79 – $141.80 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $547.42 | $30.76 – $943.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $501.37 | $30.76 – $1,253.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $189.21 | $37.86 – $283.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $187.17 | $50.01 – $279.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $159.60 | $66.79 – $153.49 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $159.60 | $56.04 – $183.09 |