Buprenorphine hydrochloride 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

$24.49

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.

$66.00

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.

$2.89 with Health Net vs $20.80 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 $2.89 ↓ -88%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3.38 ↓ -86%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $4.03 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4.60 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.45 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.45 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.30 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.75 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.10 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7.10 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|HMO $7.10 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.50 ↓ -65%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $10.40 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10.66 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.66 ↓ -56%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $13.00 ↓ -47%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $13.26 ↓ -46%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18.20 ↓ -26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.76 ↓ -19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↓ -15%

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Buprenorphine hydrochloride at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $24.23 $1.93 – $20.54
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $32.96 $1.39 – $24.44
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $58.84 $1.77 – $111.14
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $47.69 $2.59 – $107.42
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $43.65 $3.32 – $71.10
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $55.10 $3.76 – $135.20
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $18.09 $1.55 – $41.50
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $29.97 $1.65 – $73.80

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