Infect ag if hep delta agent 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

$64.38

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.

$125.00

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.

$18.36 with LA Care vs $125.00 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
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -71%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -71%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $21.07 ↓ -67%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $21.07 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Options PPO $22.03 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22.03 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $22.03 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $22.03 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $25.37 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $25.37 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $36.25 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $45.51 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $48.75 ↓ -24%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $81.25 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $81.25 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $85.00 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $86.25 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $100.47 ↑ +56%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $100.47 ↑ +56%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.47 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $111.25 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $117.50 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $125.00 ↑ +94%

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Infect ag if hep delta agent at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $54.75 $18.36 – $97.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $53.50 $18.36 – $122.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $49.00 $18.36 – $122.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $46.38 $18.36 – $100.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45.88 $18.36 – $98.75
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $71.38 $12.50 – $100.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $36.75 $15.61 – $102.50
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $56.25 $18.36 – $164.35

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