Dermapure 1 square cm at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$2,473.03
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.
$4,802.00
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.
$85.88 with United vs $2,096.64 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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| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $85.88 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $85.88 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.88 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $146.47 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $192.73 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $207.26 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $304.38 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $502.32 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $546.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $546.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $982.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,201.20 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,244.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,419.60 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,419.60 | ↓ -43% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,419.60 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,441.44 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,506.96 | ↓ -39% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,747.20 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,900.08 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,921.92 | ↓ -22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,052.96 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,096.64 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,096.64 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,096.64 | ↓ -15% |
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Dermapure 1 square cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,453.86 | $85.88 – $4,914.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,405.84 | $85.88 – $5,296.20 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,764.89 | $85.88 – $2,730.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $5,835.10 | $85.88 – $6,170.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $5,305.87 | $85.88 – $6,170.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $4,423.82 | $40.00 – $6,108.30 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $4,518.81 | $85.88 – $5,059.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $117.43 – $171.13 |