Covid-19 IV infusion and post admin monitoring tocilizumab 2nd dose at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$499.49
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.
$1,361.00
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.
$680.50 with Western Growers vs $1,361.00 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $680.50 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $884.65 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $952.70 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,034.36 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,075.19 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,102.41 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,347.39 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,361.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,361.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,361.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Covid-19 IV infusion and post admin monitoring tocilizumab 2nd dose at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $483.05 | $651.00 – $1,041.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $400.34 | $246.78 – $712.92 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $391.20 | $457.00 – $895.72 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $588.08 | $228.44 – $865.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $358.29 | $246.78 – $895.72 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $925.60 | $162.10 – $1,296.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $418.66 | $299.04 – $1,196.16 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $252.96 | not published |