Fresh frozen plasma thawing ea un at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$149.35
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.
$290.00
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.
$9.94 with BCBS - Anthem vs $272.60 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.94 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.94 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $62.16 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $62.16 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $62.16 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $84.10 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $96.13 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $113.10 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $126.48 | ↓ -15% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $174.00 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $178.99 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $178.99 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $178.99 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $178.99 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $188.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $188.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $188.55 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $199.88 | ↑ +34% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $200.10 | ↑ +34% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +46% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +46% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +46% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $232.00 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $272.60 | ↑ +83% |
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Fresh frozen plasma thawing ea un at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $315.18 | $70.85 – $287.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $117.61 | $54.42 – $246.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $116.34 | $11.40 – $243.32 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $222.87 | $92.86 – $287.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $223.38 | $105.30 – $287.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $147.32 | $25.80 – $206.40 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $218.28 | $105.55 – $105.55 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $75.86 | $54.18 – $243.13 |