Platelet pheresis each unit at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$3,613.76
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.
$7,017.00
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.
$425.73 with Allcare vs $14,950.00 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.
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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| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $425.73 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|> 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|< 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|> 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|< 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Inland Empire Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $441.03 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $504.59 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $504.59 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $504.59 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $504.59 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $504.59 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $504.59 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $504.59 | ↓ -86% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $504.59 | ↓ -86% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $504.59 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $507.18 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $507.18 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $952.62 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,129.80 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,473.95 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $4,473.95 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,749.27 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,955.76 | ↑ +37% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,506.40 | ↑ +52% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,470.02 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,538.85 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,883.00 | ↑ +90% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,883.00 | ↑ +90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,362.00 | ↑ +159% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,722.00 | ↑ +169% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14,950.00 | ↑ +314% |
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Platelet pheresis each unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,673.80 | $441.03 – $5,765.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,644.97 | $441.03 – $5,693.53 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,561.73 | $441.03 – $4,355.84 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $368.97 | $441.03 – $677.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $328.30 | not published |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $361.46 | $279.50 – $19,277.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $940.45 | not published |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $303.32 | $121.77 – $1,009.96 |