Azathioprine parenteral 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

$442.98

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.

$1,194.00

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.

$159.00 with Health Net vs $784.00 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.

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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
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $159.00 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $186.00 ↓ -58%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $222.00 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $285.85 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $285.85 ↓ -35%
United Medicare|All Plans $285.85 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $285.85 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $285.85 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $285.85 ↓ -35%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $285.85 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $300.00 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $300.00 ↓ -32%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $314.44 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|Options PPO $377.80 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|HMO $377.80 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $377.80 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $383.36 ↓ -13%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $392.00 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $397.90 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $401.80 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $401.80 ↓ -9%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $490.00 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $545.08 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $640.30 ↑ +45%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $686.00 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $735.56 ↑ +66%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $744.80 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $784.00 ↑ +77%

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Azathioprine parenteral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,080.00 $153.65 – $2,040.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $323.09 $186.00 – $1,158.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $1,271.94 $186.00 – $2,958.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,035.76 $168.37 – $2,649.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $1,011.26 $207.00 – $2,481.60
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $328.80 $108.24 – $816.72
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $684.45 $143.92 – $1,084.86
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $547.46 $142.80 – $1,348.08

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