Carmustine 100 mg intravenous powder for solution 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

$5,102.74

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.

$13,754.00

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.

$145.60 with Kaiser vs $797.00 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.

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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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $145.60 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $220.63 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $220.63 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $220.63 ↓ -96%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $220.63 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $220.63 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $220.63 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $220.63 ↓ -96%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $242.69 ↓ -95%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $318.80 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $326.77 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $326.77 ↓ -94%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $398.50 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Options PPO $421.28 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $421.28 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $421.28 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $477.00 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $494.21 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $541.96 ↓ -89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $557.90 ↓ -89%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $558.00 ↓ -89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $605.72 ↓ -88%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $637.60 ↓ -88%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $666.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $741.21 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $764.66 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $784.50 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $784.50 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $797.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $797.00 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $797.00 ↓ -84%

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Carmustine 100 mg intravenous powder for solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,406.41 $145.60 – $31,016.02
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,017.00 $145.60 – $859.10
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,600.00 $145.60 – $6,800.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $628.77 $241.80 – $666.83
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $3,787.51 $88.11 – $4,097.49
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $2,628.29 $145.60 – $883.96
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $3,013.42 $145.60 – $4,097.49
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $3,787.51 $88.11 – $4,097.49

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