Aztreonam 1 gram solution for injection 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

$121.85

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.

$332.00

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.

$16.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $64.00 with Health Net — 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 Medicaid|All Plans $16.00 ↓ -87%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $25.60 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.24 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $26.24 ↓ -78%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $32.00 ↓ -74%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $32.64 ↓ -73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.80 ↓ -63%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $48.64 ↓ -60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $50.56 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $51.84 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $52.48 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $60.80 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|HMO $63.36 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $64.00 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $64.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $64.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Options PPO $64.00 ↓ -47%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $64.00 ↓ -47%

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Aztreonam 1 gram solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $191.07 $55.60 – $111.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $106.00 $18.09 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $257.36 $3.97 – $5.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $358.24 $140.85 – $306.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $315.17 $106.92 – $388.08
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $257.36 $4.29 – $5.33
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $257.36 $5.12 – $5.33
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $140.53 $3.03 – $10.12

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