Sargramostim injection at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$890.95
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.
$1,730.00
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.
$61.45 with Allcare vs $1,369.58 with MultiPlan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $61.45 | ↓ -93% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $64.34 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $72.13 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $72.13 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $74.03 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $74.03 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $88.37 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $88.84 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $99.03 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $99.03 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $99.03 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $101.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.97 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $194.80 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $256.32 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $312.69 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $312.69 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $312.69 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $404.81 | ↓ -55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $874.20 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $947.05 | ↑ +6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $947.05 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,005.33 | ↑ +13% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,165.60 | ↑ +31% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,369.58 | ↑ +54% |
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Sargramostim injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $552.52 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $552.52 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $513.05 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $513.05 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $552.52 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $552.52 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $552.52 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,271.59 | $53.97 – $2,911.58 |