Amphotericin b lipid complex 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

$350.86

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.

$956.00

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.

$13.09 with Kaiser vs $727.38 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -96%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $13.09 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -96%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -96%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -96%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $14.40 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $14.40 ↓ -96%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $14.47 ↓ -96%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $14.47 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.84 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $16.07 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16.07 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $16.76 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.00 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.00 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $17.00 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $17.80 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $19.53 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $19.75 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $23.44 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $24.82 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $33.58 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $40.76 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $47.40 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $49.13 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $50.23 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $64.02 ↓ -82%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $359.20 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $368.18 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $368.18 ↑ +5%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $449.00 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $628.60 ↑ +79%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $682.48 ↑ +95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $709.42 ↑ +102%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $727.38 ↑ +107%

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Amphotericin b lipid complex at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,027.20 $13.09 – $2,352.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $348.59 $20.60 – $27.64
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $348.59 $20.60 – $32.97
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $377.26 $10.71 – $22.15
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $377.26 $10.71 – $22.15
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $263.04 $10.30 – $749.49
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $373.44 $7.31 – $740.46
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $263.04 $10.30 – $903.00

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