Albumin, human 25 % intravenous solution at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$52.85
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.
$144.00
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.
$21.23 with Kaiser vs $144.00 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.
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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.23 | ↓ -60% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.23 | ↓ -60% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $21.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.23 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $26.98 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $26.98 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $26.98 | ↓ -49% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $26.98 | ↓ -49% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $26.98 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $26.98 | ↓ -49% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $26.98 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $26.98 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $26.98 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $26.98 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.02 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $29.68 | ↓ -44% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $29.68 | ↓ -44% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $29.83 | ↓ -44% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $29.83 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $34.62 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $35.03 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $35.03 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $35.03 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $36.69 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $51.16 | ↓ -3% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $57.60 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $59.04 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.04 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $69.21 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $72.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $100.00 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $100.80 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $101.27 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $103.54 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $109.44 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $113.76 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $113.76 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $116.64 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $132.48 | ↑ +151% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $144.00 | ↑ +172% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Albumin, human 25 % intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $117.82 | $19.11 – $274.00 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $50.95 | $21.23 – $130.05 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $20.81 – $45.64 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $21.23 – $45.64 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $21.23 – $50.12 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $21.23 – $98.97 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $42.46 – $50.24 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $20.81 – $45.64 |