Elosulfase alfa, injection at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,872.07
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.
$5,101.00
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.
$387.97 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,131.81 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $387.97 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $389.81 | ↓ -79% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $389.81 | ↓ -79% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $389.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $389.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $389.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $389.81 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $389.81 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $389.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $389.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $389.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $412.99 | ↓ -78% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $412.99 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $413.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $428.79 | ↓ -77% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $428.79 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $453.58 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $453.92 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $454.41 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $454.41 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $484.97 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $484.97 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $485.00 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $527.82 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $530.14 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $552.43 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $662.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $708.40 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $712.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $958.24 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,402.09 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,433.55 | ↓ -23% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,040.40 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,091.41 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,091.41 | ↑ +12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,550.50 | ↑ +36% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,570.70 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,876.76 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,029.79 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $4,131.81 | ↑ +121% |
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Elosulfase alfa, injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $284.29 – $631.97 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $307.73 – $631.97 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $311.95 – $631.97 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $302.94 – $724.88 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $367.98 – $613.59 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $305.66 – $631.97 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $265.15 – $631.97 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $302.94 – $631.97 |