Doxorubicin, pegylated liposomal 2 mg/ml intravenous suspension 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

$5,473.08

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.

$14,913.00

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.

$138.86 with Humana vs $2,565.27 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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $138.86 ↓ -97%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $138.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $138.86 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $138.86 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $138.86 ↓ -97%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $138.86 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $138.86 ↓ -97%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $138.86 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $138.86 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $138.86 ↓ -97%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $152.75 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $152.75 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $179.59 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $188.85 ↓ -97%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $211.33 ↓ -96%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $211.33 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $224.48 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $224.48 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $244.91 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $244.91 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $248.18 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $255.48 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $297.73 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $330.86 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $357.29 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $362.49 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $490.34 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $717.46 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $733.55 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,029.44 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,197.04 ↓ -78%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,266.80 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,298.47 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,298.47 ↓ -76%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,583.50 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,616.84 ↓ -70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,216.90 ↓ -59%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,406.92 ↓ -56%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,501.93 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $2,565.27 ↓ -53%

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Doxorubicin, pegylated liposomal 2 mg/ml intravenous suspension at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,532.73 $101.81 – $2,533.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $358.36 $138.86 – $638.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16,036.74 $138.86 – $11,395.44
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $14,687.85 $138.86 – $11,395.44
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,683.17 $71.86 – $697.91
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,683.17 $71.86 – $832.49
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,580.34 $131.79 – $2,120.52
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $900.74 $70.42 – $693.20

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