Inj, cefepime hcl (b braun) 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

$42.94

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.

$117.00

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.

$13.50 with BCBS - Anthem vs $54.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.50 ↓ -69%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $21.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.14 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $22.14 ↓ -48%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $27.00 ↓ -37%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $27.54 ↓ -36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.80 ↓ -12%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $41.04 ↓ -4%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $42.66 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $43.74 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $44.28 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $51.30 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|HMO $53.46 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $54.00 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $54.00 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $54.00 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Options PPO $54.00 ↑ +26%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $54.00 ↑ +26%

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Inj, cefepime hcl (b braun) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $43.41 $21.60 – $54.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $124.98 $131.40 – $286.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $114.47 $78.84 – $286.16
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $145.35 $10.15 – $12.62
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $84.18 $8.82 – $27.17
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $85.18 $51.48 – $203.58
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $123.84 $57.60 – $288.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $98.46 $48.32 – $241.60

All California hospitals for this procedure →