Vaccine influenza preservative free trivalent (iiv3) 0.5ml dose im at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$104.55
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.
$203.00
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.
$19.98 with United vs $86.48 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 |
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| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19.98 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $21.69 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $23.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $23.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $23.00 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $23.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $23.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $23.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $23.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $23.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $23.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.53 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $23.53 | ↓ -77% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.81 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.86 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.86 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $28.24 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28.54 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $32.23 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $36.88 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $36.88 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.88 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $45.07 | ↓ -57% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $55.20 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.91 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $59.80 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.80 | ↓ -43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $63.48 | ↓ -39% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $73.60 | ↓ -30% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $86.48 | ↓ -17% |
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Vaccine influenza preservative free trivalent (iiv3) 0.5ml dose im at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $31.10 | $19.17 – $68.16 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $101.01 | $19.98 – $231.28 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $23.31 | $9.06 – $34.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $92.52 | $19.98 – $231.28 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $35.97 | $16.92 – $74.26 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $42.83 | $7.20 – $57.60 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $98.22 | $20.00 – $48.16 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $96.76 | $24.45 – $44.70 |