Cytarabine 20 mg/ml injection solution 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

$372.51

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.

$1,015.00

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.

$1.30 with United vs $51.03 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.

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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
United Commercial|HMO $1.30 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.30 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.34 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.45 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.48 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.48 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $1.54 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1.80 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $2.16 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3.95 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.93 ↓ -98%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $7.40 ↓ -98%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $7.40 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $12.70 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $13.77 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16.01 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $17.18 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21.63 ↓ -94%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $25.20 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.83 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $25.83 ↓ -93%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $31.50 ↓ -92%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $32.13 ↓ -91%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.10 ↓ -88%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $47.88 ↓ -87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $49.77 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $51.03 ↓ -86%

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Cytarabine 20 mg/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $376.57 $0.61 – $50.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $37.23 $1.16 – $25.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $34.67 $1.30 – $79.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $31.76 $1.16 – $79.38
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $225.74 $1.63 – $9.34
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $225.74 $1.61 – $11.14
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $243.73 $1.10 – $51.66
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $217.93 $1.63 – $9.27

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