Fondaparinux sodium 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

$97.63

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.

$266.00

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.

$1.11 with United vs $94.77 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 $1.11 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.11 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.42 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.43 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.10 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.19 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7.34 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.34 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $7.66 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $8.93 ↓ -91%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10.72 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $15.42 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17.94 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24.23 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $29.25 ↓ -70%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $46.80 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $47.97 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $47.97 ↓ -51%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $58.50 ↓ -40%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $59.67 ↓ -39%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $81.90 ↓ -16%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $88.92 ↓ -9%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $92.43 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $94.77 ↓ -3%

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Fondaparinux sodium at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $221.86 $1.11 – $93.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $178.71 $1.11 – $156.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $1.71 – $9.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $612.04 $1.11 – $654.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $560.56 $1.11 – $1,330.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $412.72 $1.71 – $10.46
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $412.72 $1.44 – $12.47
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $150.24 $1.11 – $78.72

All California hospitals for this procedure →