Gadopentetate dimeglumine 469.01 mg/ml (46.9 %) intravenous (wrapper) 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

$135.79

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.

$370.00

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.

$1.58 with LA Care vs $31.00 with Health Net — 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $1.58 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $1.58 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1.58 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1.58 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1.58 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1.58 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1.58 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $1.58 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $1.58 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2.09 ↓ -98%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $2.22 ↓ -98%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $2.22 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.44 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $2.44 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.46 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.61 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $3.81 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $5.15 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7.61 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8.85 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11.96 ↓ -91%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $12.40 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $12.71 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.71 ↓ -91%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $15.50 ↓ -89%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $15.81 ↓ -88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.70 ↓ -84%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $23.56 ↓ -83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.49 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $25.11 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $31.00 ↓ -77%

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Gadopentetate dimeglumine 469.01 mg/ml (46.9 %) intravenous (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $137.27 $1.58 – $24.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $540.14 $1.58 – $9.80
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $246.42 $1.58 – $30.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $494.71 $1.58 – $9.80
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $120.84 $1.58 – $25.42
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $73.91 $1.58 – $59.78
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $253.90 $1.58 – $29.14
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $454.32 $1.58 – $474.58

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