Doxorubicin, pegylated liposomal 2 mg/ml intravenous suspension at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$4,017.00
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.
$7,800.00
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.
$138.86 with United vs $2,916.82 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 | Medicare|All Plans | $138.86 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $138.86 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $138.86 | ↓ -97% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $138.86 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $138.86 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $138.86 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $138.86 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $138.86 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $138.86 | ↓ -97% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.41 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $171.71 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $171.71 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $192.09 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $192.09 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $224.48 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $224.48 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $224.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $230.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $263.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $324.89 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $330.86 | ↓ -92% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $400.38 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $740.29 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $785.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $785.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $785.44 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $974.08 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,538.36 | ↓ -62% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,861.80 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,016.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,016.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,141.07 | ↓ -47% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,482.40 | ↓ -38% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,916.82 | ↓ -27% |
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Doxorubicin, pegylated liposomal 2 mg/ml intravenous suspension at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $358.36 | $138.86 – $638.17 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $16,036.74 | $138.86 – $11,395.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $14,687.85 | $138.86 – $11,395.44 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,532.73 | $101.81 – $2,533.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,473.08 | $138.86 – $2,501.93 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,683.17 | $71.86 – $697.91 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,683.17 | $71.86 – $832.49 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,580.34 | $131.79 – $2,120.52 |