Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous 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

$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.

$4.45 with Health Net vs $26.00 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
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $4.45 ↓ -87%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5.21 ↓ -85%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6.21 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $7.34 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.34 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7.34 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.72 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.39 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.39 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $9.47 ↓ -73%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $10.40 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.66 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10.66 ↓ -70%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $13.00 ↓ -63%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $13.26 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $17.68 ↓ -50%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18.20 ↓ -48%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.76 ↓ -44%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.80 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $24.18 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.00 ↓ -26%

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Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $34.87 $7.34 – $23.90
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $54.37 $7.34 – $52.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $100.58 $7.34 – $70.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $109.46 $42.52 – $161.07
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $92.12 $7.34 – $70.56
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.35 $10.02 – $23.25
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $145.35 $10.27 – $27.73
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $110.73 $10.27 – $27.80

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