Ghs chemo >8 hrs at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$1,007.34
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.
$1,956.00
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.
$53.00 with Kaiser vs $1,980.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $53.12 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.12 | ↓ -95% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $58.58 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $126.53 | ↓ -87% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $406.78 | ↓ -60% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↓ -58% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↓ -58% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,173.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,271.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,271.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,307.05 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,307.05 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,307.05 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,349.64 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,388.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,411.00 | ↑ +40% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,564.80 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,826.00 | ↑ +81% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,838.64 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,956.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,956.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,956.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,956.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,956.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,980.00 | ↑ +97% |
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Ghs chemo >8 hrs at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $589.99 | $65.19 – $834.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $736.16 | $53.00 – $11,311.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,431.90 | $53.00 – $2,107.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $674.24 | $53.00 – $9,050.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $663.91 | $53.00 – $985.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $634.44 | $468.99 – $468.99 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $775.71 | $424.83 – $424.83 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $545.08 | $46.19 – $1,854.00 |