Abatacept (with maltose) 250 mg intravenous solution at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,563.50

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.

$6,985.00

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.

$39.94 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,791.61 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $39.94 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $46.44 ↓ -98%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $56.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $56.53 ↓ -98%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $56.53 ↓ -98%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $56.53 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $56.53 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $56.53 ↓ -98%
United Medicare|All Plans $56.53 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $56.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $56.53 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $56.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $62.18 ↓ -98%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $62.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $62.73 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $63.70 ↓ -98%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $67.22 ↓ -97%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $67.22 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $71.58 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $72.27 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $72.27 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $73.46 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $76.88 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $92.64 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $92.64 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $93.37 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $112.63 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $115.29 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $135.15 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $155.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $206.92 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $211.56 ↓ -92%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,872.40 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,919.21 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,919.21 ↓ -25%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,340.50 ↓ -9%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,276.70 ↑ +28%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,557.56 ↑ +39%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,697.99 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $3,791.61 ↑ +48%

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Abatacept (with maltose) 250 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,591.44 $37.21 – $3,744.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,037.80 $44.32 – $13,824.86
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,484.68 $27.08 – $93.27
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,484.68 $32.30 – $93.27
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,676.98 $48.19 – $3,134.86
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $3,525.18 $28.72 – $4,311.78
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,600.00 $36.76 – $6,800.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $3,634.61 $45.11 – $4,379.62

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