Mechlorethamine hcl inj 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

$412.56

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.

$1,112.00

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.

$19.37 with United vs $679.00 with Aetna — 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
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19.37 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $53.51 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $73.31 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $98.92 ↓ -76%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $196.97 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|Options PPO $209.22 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $209.22 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $209.22 ↓ -49%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $230.43 ↓ -44%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $271.60 ↓ -34%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $275.02 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $278.39 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $278.39 ↓ -33%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $326.18 ↓ -21%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $339.50 ↓ -18%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $346.29 ↓ -16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $371.65 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $371.65 ↓ -10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $475.30 ↑ +15%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $516.04 ↑ +25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $543.20 ↑ +32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $679.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $679.00 ↑ +65%

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Mechlorethamine hcl inj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $266.96 $19.37 – $1,062.32
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $560.84 $16.14 – $665.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $306.06 $18.01 – $748.32
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $637.30 $19.36 – $767.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $243.51 $19.37 – $748.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $14.06 – $272.62
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $15.22 – $272.62
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $18.15 – $272.62

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