Estradiol valerate 10 mg inj 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

$21.29

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.

$58.00

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.

$12.05 with United vs $43.74 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|All Other Plans $12.05 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|HMO $13.10 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13.10 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $16.37 ↓ -23%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $16.52 ↓ -22%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $16.52 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.70 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $20.24 ↓ -5%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $21.60 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.14 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $22.14 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23.54 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $26.76 ↑ +26%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $26.76 ↑ +26%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $27.00 ↑ +27%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $27.54 ↑ +29%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $27.92 ↑ +31%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $28.34 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $31.80 ↑ +49%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $32.55 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $34.82 ↑ +64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $35.60 ↑ +67%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.80 ↑ +78%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $38.34 ↑ +80%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $39.04 ↑ +83%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $41.04 ↑ +93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $42.66 ↑ +100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $43.74 ↑ +105%

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Estradiol valerate 10 mg inj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $21.52 $11.12 – $43.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $295.22 $13.10 – $525.72
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $109.59 $12.68 – $15.70
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $24.83 $13.10 – $56.84
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $29.36 $11.76 – $49.82
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $20.76 $11.76 – $39.21
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $401.21 $5.20 – $53.98
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $23.98 $8.17 – $40.18

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