Fluorouracil 50 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$23.86
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.
$65.00
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.
$2.94 with BCBS - Anthem 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.
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 | $2.94 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.11 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.11 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3.51 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.65 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3.68 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3.68 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3.99 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $5.33 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6.27 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $7.20 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $8.62 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10.54 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10.78 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.48 | ↓ -52% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $25.20 | ↑ +6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.83 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $25.83 | ↑ +8% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $31.50 | ↑ +32% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $32.13 | ↑ +35% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $44.10 | ↑ +85% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $47.88 | ↑ +101% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $49.77 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $51.03 | ↑ +114% |
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Fluorouracil 50 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $103.14 | $2.21 – $50.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $40.74 | $2.67 – $25.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $132.26 | $3.35 – $61.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $24.70 | $2.21 – $61.74 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $407.47 | $2.71 – $4.75 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $407.47 | $3.23 – $4.75 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $32.93 | $3.22 – $51.66 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $244.76 | $2.69 – $4.75 |