Lorazepam 2 mg/ml injection (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

$53.22

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.

$145.00

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.

$1.19 with United vs $4.00 with Aetna — 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|Non-Options PPO $1.19 ↓ -98%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1.60 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1.64 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1.64 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $1.70 ↓ -97%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -96%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2.04 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.15 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.15 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $2.23 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.23 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.59 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $2.63 ↓ -95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2.80 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3.04 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $3.14 ↓ -94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3.16 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $3.24 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3.28 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3.80 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.00 ↓ -92%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $4.00 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $4.00 ↓ -92%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $4.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4.00 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $4.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.00 ↓ -92%

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Lorazepam 2 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $53.80 $0.68 – $20.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $149.40 $0.76 – $20.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $85.68 $3.13 – $14.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $85.68 $3.13 – $16.06
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $85.68 $2.63 – $19.16
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $37.12 $6.50 – $52.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $85.68 $1.44 – $37.83
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $85.68 $2.63 – $19.20

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