Conjugated estrogens 25 mg 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

$295.44

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.

$805.00

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.

$105.91 with BCBS - Anthem vs $805.00 with Health Net — 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 $105.91 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $123.15 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $166.33 ↓ -44%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $322.00 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $330.05 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $330.05 ↑ +12%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $402.50 ↑ +36%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $410.55 ↑ +39%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↑ +68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $496.48 ↑ +68%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↑ +68%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↑ +68%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↑ +68%
United Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↑ +68%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $496.48 ↑ +68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↑ +68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $496.48 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $511.33 ↑ +73%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $544.23 ↑ +84%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $544.23 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $546.13 ↑ +85%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $563.48 ↑ +91%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $563.50 ↑ +91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $576.63 ↑ +95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $576.63 ↑ +95%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $587.41 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $611.80 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $631.77 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|HMO $631.80 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Options PPO $631.80 ↑ +114%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $635.95 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $652.05 ↑ +121%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $675.21 ↑ +129%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $701.00 ↑ +137%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $805.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $805.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $805.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $805.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $805.00 ↑ +172%

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Conjugated estrogens 25 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $298.66 $234.08 – $644.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $491.44 $70.86 – $666.24
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,143.29 $66.33 – $823.21
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $864.99 $117.52 – $1,980.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $792.24 $346.23 – $1,980.58
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,143.29 $71.80 – $823.21
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,143.29 $85.64 – $823.21
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,143.29 $85.85 – $781.49

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