Arformoterol non-comp unit 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

$35.25

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.

$95.00

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.

$0.69 with LA Care vs $24.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $0.69 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.34 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.34 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $1.34 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $1.59 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1.86 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2.22 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.00 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.00 ↓ -91%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $9.60 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.84 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9.84 ↓ -72%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -66%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $12.24 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.45 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $16.32 ↓ -54%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -52%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $18.24 ↓ -48%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.20 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $22.32 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24.00 ↓ -32%

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Arformoterol non-comp unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $21.47 $1.05 – $38.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $63.12 $0.69 – $157.78
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $41.69 $1.80 – $14.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $22.64 $0.69 – $15.58
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $47.90 $0.69 – $21.62
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $58.05 $0.69 – $109.65
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $46.96 $0.69 – $105.78
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $67.94 $0.62 – $158.00

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