Cefepime 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

$65.70

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.

$179.00

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.

$1.98 with United vs $24.87 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|All Other Plans $1.98 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.05 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $2.05 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.90 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.90 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.90 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $4.07 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4.75 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5.70 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5.72 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5.85 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.50 ↓ -90%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $10.40 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.66 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10.66 ↓ -84%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $13.00 ↓ -80%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $13.26 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.84 ↓ -76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18.20 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $18.42 ↓ -72%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.76 ↓ -70%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.54 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $21.06 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24.87 ↓ -62%

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Cefepime 1 gram solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.41 $1.62 – $20.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $78.84 $2.05 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $2.40 – $9.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $87.32 $2.05 – $117.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $86.24 $2.05 – $117.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $2.40 – $10.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $2.46 – $12.81
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $39.40 $6.50 – $52.00

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