Amikacin 4 mg/ml intravitreal injection - cnr 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

$20.56

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.

$56.00

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.

$0.89 with United vs $26.73 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
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.89 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $0.89 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.99 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.50 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.30 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.30 ↓ -89%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $2.47 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2.86 ↓ -86%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2.88 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2.93 ↓ -86%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3.46 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.60 ↓ -68%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $7.11 ↓ -65%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $7.11 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $12.19 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $12.67 ↓ -38%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $13.20 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.53 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13.53 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $14.73 ↓ -28%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $16.50 ↓ -20%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $16.83 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $19.90 ↓ -3%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $23.10 ↑ +12%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $25.08 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $26.07 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $26.73 ↑ +30%

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Amikacin 4 mg/ml intravitreal injection - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.78 $0.89 – $26.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $0.89 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $1.20 – $7.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $79.61 $0.89 – $94.08
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $37.64 $0.89 – $94.08
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $1.20 – $8.59
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $1.23 – $10.25
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $64.98 $0.89 – $53.30

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