Bortezomib 3.5 mg (2.5 mg/ml) solution for subcutaneous 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

$2,809.76

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.

$7,656.00

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.

$3.17 with Blue Shield CA vs $162.81 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.17 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.17 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $3.66 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3.66 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.13 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6.83 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $7.86 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8.18 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.82 ↓ -100%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $9.78 ↓ -100%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $9.78 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $11.93 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.19 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $16.77 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $22.69 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $60.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $70.46 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $73.90 ↓ -97%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $80.40 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $82.41 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $82.41 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $95.17 ↓ -97%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $100.50 ↓ -96%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $102.51 ↓ -96%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $140.70 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $152.76 ↓ -95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $158.79 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $162.81 ↓ -94%

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Bortezomib 3.5 mg (2.5 mg/ml) solution for subcutaneous injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,840.38 $2.49 – $160.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,853.62 $2.49 – $1,269.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8,233.01 $3.23 – $18,851.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7,540.52 $3.66 – $18,851.28
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,835.15 $5.00 – $41.08
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,835.15 $3.18 – $49.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,838.09 $3.66 – $134.48
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $222.50 $5.00 – $40.80

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