Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield

2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$13,762.99

Cash price

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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.

$37,097.00

Gross charge

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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.

$21.60 with CHN Sun View vs $120.96 with Kaiser — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $21.60 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.14 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $22.14 ↓ -100%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $27.00 ↓ -100%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $27.54 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $36.72 ↓ -100%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.80 ↓ -100%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $41.04 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $43.20 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $50.22 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $54.00 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $54.00 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $54.00 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $54.00 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $54.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $54.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $54.00 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $54.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $54.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $54.00 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $54.00 ↓ -100%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $54.00 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $54.00 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $54.00 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $54.00 ↓ -100%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $91.46 ↓ -99%
United Medicare|All Plans $119.63 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $119.63 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $120.96 ↓ -99%

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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $13,614.60 $66.52 – $274.92
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8,148.12 $44.51 – $197.54
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $17,531.48 $41.66 – $196.64
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16,050.00 $73.81 – $1,290.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $14,700.00 $91.46 – $1,034.88
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $17,531.48 $45.10 – $196.64
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $17,531.48 $53.79 – $196.64
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $17,531.48 $92.10 – $182.96

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