Methyldopate hcl injection at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$96.82
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.
$188.00
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.
$15.94 with BCBS - Anthem vs $98.00 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.
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 | $15.94 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.98 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $33.13 | ↓ -66% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.46 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $48.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.00 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.13 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $57.60 | ↓ -41% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $58.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $63.70 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63.70 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $65.76 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $67.62 | ↓ -30% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $78.40 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $82.50 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $82.50 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $82.50 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $82.50 | ↓ -15% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $92.12 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.03 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $98.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $98.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $98.00 | ↑ +1% |
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Methyldopate hcl injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $71.24 | $25.44 – $82.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $45.87 | $21.32 – $140.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $45.00 | $20.41 – $120.84 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $13.68 | $9.80 – $204.07 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $33.47 | $17.25 – $222.30 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $53.32 | $24.80 – $222.30 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $22.98 | $13.80 – $222.30 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $41.86 | $31.57 – $100.00 |