Cosyntropin 0.25 mg solution for injection 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

$189.21

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.

$510.00

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.

$37.86 with LA Care vs $354.00 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 $37.86 ↓ -80%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $37.86 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $37.86 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $37.86 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $37.86 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $37.86 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $37.86 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $37.86 ↓ -80%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $37.86 ↓ -80%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $37.86 ↓ -80%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $37.86 ↓ -80%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $37.86 ↓ -80%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $51.01 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $52.97 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $55.16 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Options PPO $55.16 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|HMO $55.16 ↓ -71%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $59.67 ↓ -68%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $71.22 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $96.24 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $96.24 ↓ -49%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $141.60 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $145.14 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $145.14 ↓ -23%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $177.00 ↓ -6%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $180.54 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $240.72 ↑ +27%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $247.80 ↑ +31%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $269.04 ↑ +42%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $283.20 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $329.22 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $354.00 ↑ +87%

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Cosyntropin 0.25 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $187.17 $50.01 – $279.66
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $168.20 $52.97 – $299.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $114.30 $66.79 – $141.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $547.42 $30.76 – $943.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $501.37 $30.76 – $1,253.42
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $159.60 $66.79 – $153.49
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $159.60 $56.04 – $183.09
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $159.60 $66.86 – $361.56

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