Drug assay posaconazole at Mercy Medical Center Merced

333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$29.36

Cash price

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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.

$57.00

Gross charge

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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.

$16.53 with Blue Shield CA vs $57.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16.53 ↓ -44%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $21.69 ↓ -26%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $22.23 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $24.94 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $24.94 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -8%
United Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -8%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -8%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -8%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Options PPO $32.53 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $32.53 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|HMO $32.53 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $32.53 ↑ +11%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $34.20 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $37.05 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.05 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $38.76 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $39.33 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $45.60 ↑ +55%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $46.85 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $50.73 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.58 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $57.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $57.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $57.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $57.00 ↑ +94%

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Drug assay posaconazole at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $42.57 $5.42 – $65.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $24.40 $21.68 – $69.85
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $22.35 $15.39 – $82.11
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $21.15 $21.69 – $77.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $20.92 $21.69 – $77.90
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $32.55 $5.70 – $45.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $16.76 $11.97 – $53.57
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $44.35 $21.69 – $55.86

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