Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$329.60
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.
$640.00
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.
$41.40 with Healthsmart vs $69.00 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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| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $41.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.85 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $44.85 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $47.61 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $49.68 | ↓ -85% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $55.20 | ↓ -83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $64.86 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $64.86 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $69.00 | ↓ -79% |
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Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $131.84 | $76.48 – $246.41 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $428.86 | $67.50 – $150.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $392.79 | $40.50 – $150.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $242.27 | $27.60 – $143.26 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $239.66 | $27.60 – $69.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $430.74 | $77.49 – $308.01 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $430.74 | $92.44 – $308.01 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $156.71 | $17.94 – $473.04 |