Warde 1015200 kappa light chain free at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$6.44
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.
$12.50
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.
$2.47 with Blue Shield CA vs $8.50 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2.47 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.32 | ↓ -48% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5.10 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.53 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5.53 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5.87 | ↓ -9% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6.80 | ↑ +6% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7.99 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8.42 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8.50 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8.50 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.50 | ↑ +32% |
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Warde 1015200 kappa light chain free at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5.48 | $3.38 – $9.75 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $11.89 | $3.45 – $28.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $61.20 | $16.92 – $37.98 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5.35 | $4.25 – $8.33 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $8.33 | $3.24 – $12.25 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4.90 | $2.30 – $8.33 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4.64 | $4.25 – $6.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4.59 | $4.25 – $8.42 |