Ghs ppd (tb intradermal) 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

$167.38

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.

$325.00

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.

$4.82 with Kern Health System vs $66.00 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
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $4.82 ↓ -97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $4.82 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $10.41 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $13.33 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $13.33 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.14 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $25.74 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Options PPO $29.60 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $29.60 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $29.60 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $29.60 ↓ -82%
Allcare Commercial|All Plans $30.21 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -81%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $31.12 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $34.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $34.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.28 ↓ -80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $39.60 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $42.90 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $42.90 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $44.88 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $45.54 ↓ -73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $52.80 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $58.74 ↓ -65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $62.04 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $66.00 ↓ -61%

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Ghs ppd (tb intradermal) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $86.03 $4.82 – $196.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $33.97 $4.82 – $49.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $81.93 $4.82 – $204.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $106.11 $4.72 – $52.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $104.97 $4.72 – $52.14
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $172.45 $30.20 – $241.60
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $37.74 $22.43 – $38.97
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $44.88 $83.44 – $83.44

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