Colistimethate sodium inj at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$83.31
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.
$227.00
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.
$19.70 with United vs $134.00 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.
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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.70 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $20.06 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $20.06 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $23.33 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $33.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $41.53 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.53 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $44.04 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $51.33 | ↓ -38% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $53.60 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54.94 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $54.94 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $56.95 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $58.23 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $61.58 | ↓ -26% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $67.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $68.34 | ↓ -18% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $93.80 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $100.95 | ↑ +21% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $101.84 | ↑ +22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $105.86 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $108.54 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $117.38 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $134.00 | ↑ +61% |
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Colistimethate sodium inj at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $84.22 | $17.55 – $107.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $44.24 | $20.06 – $78.78 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $143.81 | $20.06 – $329.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $131.72 | $20.06 – $329.28 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $54.69 | $20.06 – $90.20 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $84.15 | $23.88 – $67.98 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $106.68 | $17.13 – $83.68 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $114.85 | $20.06 – $124.08 |