Ceftaroline fosamil 600 mg intravenous solution 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

$430.13

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.

$1,172.00

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.

$1.79 with BCBS - Anthem vs $149.04 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1.79 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2.08 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2.81 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.21 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -99%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -99%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $5.39 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -99%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -99%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -99%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $5.61 ↓ -99%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $5.61 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $5.93 ↓ -99%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $5.93 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $6.52 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.52 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.58 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.33 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $8.15 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.21 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.21 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $9.62 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9.98 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $11.97 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $13.01 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $19.03 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $19.46 ↓ -95%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $73.60 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $75.44 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $75.44 ↓ -82%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $92.00 ↓ -79%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $128.80 ↓ -70%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $139.84 ↓ -67%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $145.36 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $149.04 ↓ -65%

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Ceftaroline fosamil 600 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $438.90 $3.25 – $147.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $386.76 $1.20 – $688.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $658.23 $1.12 – $8.58
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,259.61 $1.99 – $2,884.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,153.66 $3.99 – $2,884.14
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $636.26 $1.21 – $8.58
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $636.26 $1.45 – $8.58
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $658.23 $2.86 – $7.90

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