Etoposide 50 mg cap 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

$105.00

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.

$283.00

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.

$47.91 with Health Net vs $190.00 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 $47.91 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $56.05 ↓ -47%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $66.90 ↓ -36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $76.00 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $77.90 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $77.90 ↓ -26%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $90.40 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $90.40 ↓ -14%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $95.00 ↓ -10%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $96.90 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $124.59 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Options PPO $126.26 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|HMO $126.26 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $126.26 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $129.20 ↑ +23%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $133.00 ↑ +27%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $144.40 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $152.00 ↑ +45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $176.70 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $190.00 ↑ +81%

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Etoposide 50 mg cap at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $93.30 $52.43 – $166.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $303.46 $86.95 – $694.82
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $67.92 $40.30 – $252.47
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $142.66 $46.50 – $186.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $255.15 $72.13 – $481.95
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $76.45 $54.80 – $274.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $147.15 $80.31 – $182.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $41.66 $76.84 – $164.39

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