Inj., benralizumab, 1 mg at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$5,962.16
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.
$11,577.00
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.
$167.76 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $10,882.38 with MultiPlan — 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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| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $167.76 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $201.27 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $201.27 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $213.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $213.63 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $213.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $213.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $213.63 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $213.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $213.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $213.63 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $213.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $223.50 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $233.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $233.88 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $242.04 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $273.72 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $273.72 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $273.72 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $276.28 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $280.66 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $318.48 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $320.42 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $362.36 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $502.98 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $852.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $852.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $852.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,946.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $7,525.05 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,525.05 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,988.13 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,261.60 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,882.38 | ↑ +83% |
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Inj., benralizumab, 1 mg at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $16,050.00 | $177.07 – $36,750.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $8,546.73 | $120.35 – $18,429.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $8,454.58 | $213.63 – $18,199.23 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,530.73 | $172.68 – $15,425.84 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $6,808.50 | $167.76 – $12,860.50 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $3,883.68 | $140.78 – $13,920.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $11,041.16 | $178.22 – $19,853.82 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $3,304.40 | $167.76 – $7,443.96 |