Inj, releuko 1 mcg 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

$446.28

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.

$1,216.00

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.

$100.00 with Health Net vs $760.00 with United — 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
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $100.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $190.00 ↓ -57%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $304.00 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $311.60 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $311.60 ↓ -30%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $380.00 ↓ -15%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $387.60 ↓ -13%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $532.00 ↑ +19%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $577.60 ↑ +29%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $600.40 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $615.60 ↑ +38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $623.20 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $722.00 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|HMO $752.40 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $760.00 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $760.00 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $760.00 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|Options PPO $760.00 ↑ +70%

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Inj, releuko 1 mcg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $401.21 $0.22 – $171.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,306.69 $858.60 – $1,869.84
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $996.25 $241.87 – $916.23
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $519.53 $0.32 – $0.92
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $519.53 $0.32 – $0.92
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $519.53 $0.82 – $0.89
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $519.53 $0.31 – $0.92
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $503.56 $0.27 – $0.92

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