Natalizumab 300 mg/15 ml intravenous solution 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

$7,821.43

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.

$21,082.00

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.

$17.41 with Health Net vs $16,865.60 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
Health Net Commercial|Community Care PPO $17.41 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $21.18 ↓ -100%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $24.37 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $25.27 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $30.65 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $30.65 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $30.65 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $30.65 ↓ -100%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $30.65 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $30.65 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $30.65 ↓ -100%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $33.72 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $34.15 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $34.15 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $38.36 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $38.41 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $39.40 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $39.40 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Options PPO $39.40 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $52.62 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $68.66 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $71.01 ↓ -99%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $8,432.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8,643.62 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,643.62 ↑ +11%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $10,541.00 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14,757.40 ↑ +89%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16,022.32 ↑ +105%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $16,865.60 ↑ +116%

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Natalizumab 300 mg/15 ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,737.10 $16.11 – $16,654.78
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16,050.00 $17.88 – $36,750.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $16,220.00 $10.92 – $52.40
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $16,220.00 $13.03 – $52.40
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,061.21 $24.07 – $14,116.30
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $5,455.91 $11.59 – $9,958.36
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $9,568.35 $14.83 – $18,073.55
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $5,457.80 $19.99 – $19,562.00

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