Ghs IV inf sq injection, on-body injector at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$61.29
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.
$119.00
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.
$18.46 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,322.00 with Aetna — 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 | $18.46 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.46 | ↓ -70% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $39.27 | ↓ -36% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $50.07 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -4% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $58.63 | ↓ -4% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $59.50 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $71.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $77.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $77.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $82.11 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $95.20 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $111.86 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $117.81 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $119.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $119.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $119.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,266.00 | ↑ +3597% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,322.00 | ↑ +8583% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +8583% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,322.00 | ↑ +8583% |
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Ghs IV inf sq injection, on-body injector at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $75.34 | $29.50 – $134.16 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $41.48 | $21.19 – $89.27 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $195.75 | $63.39 – $369.75 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $171.68 | $21.99 – $308.70 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $99.01 | $25.10 – $223.04 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $37.54 | $15.07 – $113.71 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $194.19 | $25.52 – $375.34 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $29.87 | $19.33 – $137.00 |