Inj ceftolozane tazobactam at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$238.45
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.
$463.00
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.
$6.34 with BCBS - Anthem vs $435.22 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6.34 | ↓ -97% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $7.72 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $10.46 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.46 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $11.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $11.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $11.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $11.60 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $11.60 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $11.60 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $11.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $12.55 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13.17 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.45 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13.45 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $14.33 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $41.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $41.98 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.75 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.75 | ↓ -51% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.90 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $277.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $300.95 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $300.95 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $319.47 | ↑ +34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $370.40 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $435.22 | ↑ +83% |
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Inj ceftolozane tazobactam at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $426.29 | $9.78 – $976.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $390.44 | $10.46 – $976.08 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $175.12 | $5.05 – $377.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $173.23 | $8.81 – $372.88 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $616.62 | $5.98 – $17.29 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $616.62 | $7.13 – $17.29 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $113.49 | $9.94 – $316.52 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $616.62 | $5.94 – $17.29 |