Teriparatide injection at Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield
2215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1104981661
$3,252.56
Cash price 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.
$8,767.00
Gross charge 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.
$32.01 with Health Net vs $7,013.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Net | Commercial|Community Care PPO | $32.01 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $37.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $37.45 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $44.70 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.82 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $60.04 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $60.04 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $68.58 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $101.85 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $115.47 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $115.47 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $115.47 | ↓ -96% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,506.80 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,594.47 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,594.47 | ↑ +11% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,383.50 | ↑ +35% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,471.17 | ↑ +37% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,136.90 | ↑ +89% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,662.92 | ↑ +105% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,013.60 | ↑ +116% |
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Teriparatide injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $7,498.09 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $7,498.09 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $6,962.51 | $8.93 – $8.93 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $6,962.51 | $8.93 – $8.93 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $7,498.09 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $7,498.09 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $7,498.09 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,935.12 | $17.27 – $18,169.20 |