Paclitaxel 6 mg/ml concentrate,intravenous at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$1.55
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.
$3.00
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.
$0.13 with Central California Alliance for Health vs $1.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $0.13 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.18 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $0.18 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $0.18 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $0.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $0.28 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.37 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $0.37 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $0.47 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $0.54 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $0.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.65 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $0.65 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $0.68 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $0.68 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.68 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $0.69 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $0.69 | ↓ -55% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $0.80 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.91 | ↓ -41% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $0.94 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $1.00 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $1.00 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1.00 | ↓ -35% |
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Paclitaxel 6 mg/ml concentrate,intravenous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,314.00 | $0.18 – $25.50 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $168.92 | $0.11 – $0.11 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $168.92 | $0.11 – $0.11 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $156.86 | $0.11 – $0.11 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $156.86 | $0.11 – $0.11 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $168.92 | $0.11 – $0.11 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $168.92 | $0.11 – $0.11 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $168.92 | $0.11 – $0.11 |