Drug assay voriconazole 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

$27.30

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.

$53.00

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.

$15.37 with Blue Shield CA vs $53.00 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 $15.37 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $20.67 ↓ -24%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $21.69 ↓ -21%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.69 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $24.94 ↓ -9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $24.94 ↓ -9%
United Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -1%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -1%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -1%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -1%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -1%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $27.11 ↓ -1%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $31.80 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Options PPO $32.53 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $32.53 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $32.53 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|HMO $32.53 ↑ +19%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $34.45 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.45 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $36.04 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $36.57 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $42.40 ↑ +55%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $46.85 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $47.17 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $49.82 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $53.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $53.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $53.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $53.00 ↑ +94%

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Drug assay voriconazole at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $23.22 $14.31 – $71.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $47.58 $5.42 – $73.72
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $81.09 $26.57 – $75.07
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22.69 $21.68 – $69.85
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $20.78 $14.31 – $82.11
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $19.67 $21.69 – $77.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.46 $21.69 – $77.90
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $81.09 $27.11 – $94.87

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