Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram 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

$83.11

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.

$224.00

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.

$1.95 with Health Net vs $63.00 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 $1.95 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2.50 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2.98 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3.42 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.03 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.03 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $5.56 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.56 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.56 ↓ -93%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $7.04 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13.57 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.65 ↓ -82%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $25.20 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.83 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $25.83 ↓ -69%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $31.50 ↓ -62%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $32.13 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $42.84 ↓ -48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.10 ↓ -47%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $47.88 ↓ -42%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $50.40 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $58.59 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $63.00 ↓ -24%

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Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23.13 $3.42 – $49.77
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $2.43 – $25.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,122.00 $5.17 – $19.75
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $186.61 $3.42 – $61.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $170.92 $3.42 – $101.92
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $172.65 $5.17 – $21.38
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $172.65 $4.53 – $25.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $18.53 $3.42 – $51.66

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