Iaadi respiratory synctial virus 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

$7.06

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.

$13.69

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.

$2.48 with Blue Shield CA vs $8.54 with United — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.48 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.34 ↓ -53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5.13 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5.56 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5.56 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5.81 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5.90 ↓ -16%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6.84 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7.61 ↑ +8%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.03 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.54 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.54 ↑ +21%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.54 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8.54 ↑ +21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8.54 ↑ +21%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $8.54 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.54 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|HMO $8.54 ↑ +21%

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Iaadi respiratory synctial virus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $24.54 $13.15 – $73.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10.57 $4.27 – $34.57
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9.68 $2.31 – $40.64
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5.08 $4.27 – $38.55
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.03 $4.27 – $38.55
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $24.54 $13.42 – $92.72
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $24.54 $13.42 – $105.14
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $7.82 $0.86 – $6.84

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