Ceftazidime and avibactam 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

$499.86

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.

$1,362.00

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.

$132.96 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,097.55 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 Medicaid|All Plans $132.96 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $133.35 ↓ -73%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $133.35 ↓ -73%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $133.35 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $133.35 ↓ -73%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $133.35 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $133.35 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $133.35 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $133.35 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $133.35 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $133.35 ↓ -73%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $141.20 ↓ -72%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $141.20 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $146.69 ↓ -71%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $146.69 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $151.35 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $152.41 ↓ -70%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $157.84 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $158.88 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $158.88 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $165.83 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Options PPO $166.20 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $166.20 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $175.99 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $181.36 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $193.15 ↓ -61%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $231.77 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $237.71 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $242.20 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $327.63 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $479.39 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $490.14 ↓ -2%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $542.00 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $555.55 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $555.55 ↑ +11%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $677.50 ↑ +36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $948.50 ↑ +90%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,029.80 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,070.45 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $1,097.55 ↑ +120%

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Ceftazidime and avibactam at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $505.31 $62.90 – $1,084.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $449.39 $101.27 – $800.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,195.07 $94.79 – $216.08
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,464.19 $96.92 – $3,351.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,340.64 $96.92 – $3,351.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,195.07 $102.61 – $216.08
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,195.07 $104.75 – $216.08
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,195.07 $104.75 – $241.70

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