Hydrxycorticsterds 17- (17-ohcs) 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

$16.57

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.

$44.66

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.

$17.90 with Humana vs $51.46 with Cigna — 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 $17.90 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +8%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +8%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|Options PPO $21.48 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $21.48 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.48 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|HMO $21.48 ↑ +30%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $21.89 ↑ +32%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $21.89 ↑ +32%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $22.33 ↑ +35%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $22.35 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $28.14 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $28.59 ↑ +73%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $29.03 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $31.27 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $33.95 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $35.73 ↑ +116%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $35.73 ↑ +116%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $38.41 ↑ +132%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $40.10 ↑ +142%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $44.66 ↑ +170%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $44.66 ↑ +170%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $44.66 ↑ +170%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $44.66 ↑ +170%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $44.66 ↑ +170%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $51.46 ↑ +211%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.46 ↑ +211%

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Hydrxycorticsterds 17- (17-ohcs) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.40 $17.90 – $51.46
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $30.94 $17.90 – $46.14
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $29.75 $17.90 – $43.77
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $28.33 $12.06 – $54.24
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $25.51 $4.47 – $35.73
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $13.14 $9.38 – $44.66
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $34.75 $15.58 – $43.77
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $23.00 $12.96 – $41.99

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