F-18 fluciclovine per mci 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

$1,689.91

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.

$4,555.00

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.

$341.05 with Humana vs $3,644.00 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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $341.05 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $341.05 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $341.05 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $341.05 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $341.05 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $341.05 ↓ -80%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $341.05 ↓ -80%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $375.15 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Options PPO $442.89 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $442.89 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $442.89 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $763.95 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,861.46 ↑ +10%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,277.50 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,550.00 ↑ +51%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $2,960.75 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,188.50 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,441.12 ↑ +104%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,461.80 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,598.45 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,644.00 ↑ +116%

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F-18 fluciclovine per mci at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,671.69 $341.05 – $3,598.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,339.17 $323.71 – $1,867.96
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,345.83 $341.05 – $2,205.24
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $11,194.20 $368.77 – $21,144.60
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $2,474.30 $352.73 – $4,449.20
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $1,813.82 $393.64 – $4,086.06
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $1,243.96 $332.62 – $3,768.20
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $989.72 $332.62 – $3,632.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →