Mayo antithrombin iii antigen 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

$9.60

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.

$18.64

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.

$5.41 with Blue Shield CA vs $18.64 with Aetna — 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 $5.41 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7.27 ↓ -24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10.81 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $10.81 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.81 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $10.81 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $10.81 ↑ +13%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $10.81 ↑ +13%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10.81 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.81 ↑ +13%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.81 ↑ +13%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $11.19 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12.12 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.12 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $12.68 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.87 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.97 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.97 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|HMO $12.97 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.97 ↑ +35%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $13.78 ↑ +44%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $13.78 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14.92 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $16.47 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $16.47 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16.59 ↑ +73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $17.53 ↑ +83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $18.64 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18.64 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $18.64 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.64 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18.64 ↑ +94%

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Mayo antithrombin iii antigen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8.17 $3.01 – $28.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $10.73 $2.16 – $17.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $100.22 $10.59 – $88.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7.98 $5.34 – $27.87
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $12.42 $8.57 – $15.51
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7.31 $4.28 – $32.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.92 $9.32 – $31.08
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.85 $9.32 – $31.08

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