Vaccine meningococcal serogroups a/c/w/y quadrivalent diphtheria toxoid(menacwy-d/menacwy-crm) im at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$137.51
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.
$267.00
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.
$113.69 with BCBS - Anthem vs $267.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $113.69 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $149.60 | ↑ +9% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $160.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Central California Alliance for Health | Medicaid|All Plans | $168.65 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $173.55 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $173.55 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.09 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.09 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $184.23 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $199.95 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $199.95 | ↑ +45% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $213.60 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $236.26 | ↑ +72% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $239.94 | ↑ +74% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $250.98 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $267.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $267.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $267.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $267.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $267.00 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $267.00 | ↑ +94% |
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Vaccine meningococcal serogroups a/c/w/y quadrivalent diphtheria toxoid(menacwy-d/menacwy-crm) im at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $249.34 | $107.91 – $444.02 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,317.82 | $139.82 – $1,348.48 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $482.99 | $187.61 – $710.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $695.02 | $139.82 – $1,737.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $261.93 | $78.40 – $196.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $224.98 | $78.40 – $196.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $509.67 | $107.18 – $398.93 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $509.67 | $127.85 – $398.93 |