Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$95.28
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.
$185.00
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.
$25.75 with BCBS - Anthem vs $103.00 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 |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.75 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.75 | ↓ -73% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.90 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $41.30 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54.34 | ↓ -43% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $61.80 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $66.95 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $66.95 | ↓ -30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $71.07 | ↓ -25% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $82.40 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $83.73 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $83.73 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $85.82 | ↓ -10% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $96.82 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $100.48 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $102.68 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $103.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $103.00 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $103.00 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $103.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $103.00 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $103.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $103.00 | ↑ +8% |
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Cyclosporine 250 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $212.72 | $63.72 – $487.06 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $194.83 | $83.73 – $487.06 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $70.12 | $42.40 – $102.68 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $262.33 | $38.93 – $153.51 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $262.33 | $46.44 – $153.51 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $45.28 | $22.36 – $235.76 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $227.62 | $47.61 – $153.51 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $179.10 | $45.86 – $367.71 |