Inj., meropenem, vaborbactam 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

$312.69

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.

$852.00

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.

$2.77 with Kaiser vs $690.12 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -99%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -99%
United Medicare|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2.77 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -99%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -99%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3.04 ↓ -99%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3.05 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $3.05 ↓ -99%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $3.08 ↓ -99%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $3.08 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.40 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.40 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3.44 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3.44 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $3.47 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3.47 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3.48 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4.00 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4.13 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4.97 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $5.28 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5.41 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $7.14 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.74 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13.02 ↓ -96%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $340.80 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $349.32 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $349.32 ↑ +12%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $426.00 ↑ +36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $596.40 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $647.52 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $673.08 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $690.12 ↑ +121%

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Inj., meropenem, vaborbactam at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $316.10 $1.37 – $681.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $712.24 $2.17 – $4.54
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $712.24 $2.17 – $4.54
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $429.51 $2.19 – $783.96
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $568.42 $1.58 – $925.88
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $738.60 $2.36 – $1,889.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $721.12 $1.79 – $1,769.60
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $234.55 $1.78 – $710.48

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