Cyclosporine modified 25 mg capsule at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$4.78
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.
$13.00
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.
$1.22 with United vs $4.86 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 | $1.22 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1.37 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1.37 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1.44 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.68 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1.68 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $1.76 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $2.05 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2.34 | ↓ -51% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.45 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.46 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2.46 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.72 | ↓ -43% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3.00 | ↓ -37% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $3.06 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3.53 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3.61 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3.68 | ↓ -23% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4.20 | ↓ -12% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4.56 | ↓ -5% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4.74 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $4.86 | ↑ +2% |
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Cyclosporine modified 25 mg capsule at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4.83 | $0.70 – $4.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6.57 | $1.32 – $11.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5.61 | $1.47 – $1.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8.14 | $1.37 – $18.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $12.55 | $1.32 – $18.62 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $15.91 | $1.48 – $1.59 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $15.91 | $1.54 – $1.89 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $10.49 | $1.54 – $1.90 |