Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$310.12
Cash price 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.
$845.00
Gross charge 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.
$42.63 with Care 1st vs $845.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.63 | ↓ -86% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.63 | ↓ -86% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.63 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $70.34 | ↓ -77% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $94.94 | ↓ -69% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $94.94 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $162.84 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $220.28 | ↓ -29% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +36% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +36% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +36% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +36% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $422.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $463.60 | ↑ +49% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $463.60 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $540.80 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $549.25 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $573.17 | ↑ +85% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $591.50 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $608.40 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $642.20 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $667.55 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $760.50 | ↑ +145% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $819.65 | ↑ +164% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $819.65 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $845.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $845.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $845.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $845.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $845.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $845.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $845.00 | ↑ +172% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,174.02 | $424.83 – $424.83 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $471.23 | $42.63 – $1,411.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $413.76 | $42.63 – $11,929.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $204.68 | $42.63 – $620.01 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $162.85 | $42.63 – $597.60 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $290.59 | $42.63 – $657.36 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $204.68 | $42.63 – $747.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $215.14 | $42.63 – $657.36 |