Estradiol valerate 10 mg inj at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$29.36
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.
$57.00
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.
$11.76 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $49.82 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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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.76 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.10 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13.10 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13.10 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $14.56 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.34 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.34 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $17.70 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.16 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $20.99 | ↓ -29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.99 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $25.19 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.40 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $28.76 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $30.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $31.80 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $34.45 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.45 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $36.57 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $38.12 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $38.12 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $38.12 | ↑ +30% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $42.40 | ↑ +44% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $49.82 | ↑ +70% |
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Estradiol valerate 10 mg inj at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $295.22 | $13.10 – $525.72 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $109.59 | $12.68 – $15.70 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $24.83 | $13.10 – $56.84 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $21.52 | $11.12 – $43.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $21.29 | $12.05 – $42.66 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $20.76 | $11.76 – $39.21 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $401.21 | $5.20 – $53.98 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $23.98 | $8.17 – $40.18 |