Luspatercept-aamt 25 mg subcutaneous solution 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

$18,095.31

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.

$49,306.00

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.

$53.32 with Kaiser vs $13,312.35 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 $53.32 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $53.32 ↓ -100%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $53.32 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $53.32 ↓ -100%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $53.32 ↓ -100%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $53.32 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $53.32 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $53.32 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $53.32 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $53.32 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $58.65 ↓ -100%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $58.65 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $60.38 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $61.70 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $61.70 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $61.71 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $63.10 ↓ -100%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $64.21 ↓ -100%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $64.21 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $68.05 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $68.11 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $68.11 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $72.52 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $74.21 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $75.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $86.29 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $90.01 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $110.14 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $116.55 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $148.98 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $196.71 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $201.13 ↓ -99%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $6,574.00 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,738.35 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,738.35 ↓ -63%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $8,217.50 ↓ -55%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11,504.50 ↓ -36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12,490.60 ↓ -31%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,983.65 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $13,312.35 ↓ -26%

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Luspatercept-aamt 25 mg subcutaneous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $39,478.73 $5,111.71 – $19,364.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $26,131.86 $42.75 – $88.67
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $26,131.86 $42.75 – $88.67
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $23,110.91 $36.34 – $88.67
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $12,760.16 $45.70 – $7,763.46
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $23,630.66 $44.48 – $14,163.94
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $6,764.22 $36.31 – $5,330.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $15,728.33 $41.13 – $88.67

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