Mayo hydroxyprogesterone 17-d 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

$14.42

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.

$28.00

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.

$4.86 with Blue Shield CA vs $16.75 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 $4.86 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.54 ↓ -55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10.05 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10.89 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.89 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $11.39 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11.56 ↓ -20%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13.40 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $14.91 ↑ +3%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15.75 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.75 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.75 ↑ +16%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.75 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
Health Plan of San Joaquin Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.75 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.75 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $16.75 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.75 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|HMO $16.75 ↑ +16%

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Mayo hydroxyprogesterone 17-d at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $14.02 $8.64 – $72.09
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $51.33 $5.43 – $39.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6.50 $26.63 – $221.75
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $79.18 $9.50 – $70.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $12.66 $10.29 – $19.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.52 $5.13 – $82.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13.36 $8.38 – $78.07
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $13.22 $8.38 – $78.07

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