Mannitol 12.5 gm/50 ml inj at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$19.82
Cash price 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.
$54.00
Gross charge 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.
$3.18 with Kern Health System vs $43.74 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.18 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.18 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.35 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.73 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4.19 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4.19 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $5.45 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $7.18 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $7.37 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $8.63 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8.95 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9.28 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.28 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.36 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.41 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10.78 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $11.02 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14.06 | ↓ -29% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $21.60 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.14 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $22.14 | ↑ +12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $27.00 | ↑ +36% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $27.54 | ↑ +39% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.80 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $41.04 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $42.66 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $43.74 | ↑ +121% |
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Mannitol 12.5 gm/50 ml inj at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $29.35 | $1.83 – $20.10 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $23.12 | $3.42 – $52.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21.17 | $2.26 – $52.92 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $37.12 | $6.50 – $52.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $19.11 | $2.89 – $53.30 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $27.81 | $2.26 – $50.76 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $16.20 | $2.26 – $30.60 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $7.26 | $2.26 – $26.00 |