Mayo amikacin trough therapeutic drug level 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

$25.69

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.

$70.00

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.

$15.08 with BCBS - Anthem vs $70.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $15.08 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -41%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -41%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -41%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -41%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $15.98 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $16.59 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $18.10 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18.10 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|HMO $18.10 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18.10 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $18.70 ↓ -27%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $18.83 ↓ -27%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $18.83 ↓ -27%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $19.22 ↓ -25%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $19.22 ↓ -25%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $19.22 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $19.22 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $19.22 ↓ -25%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $19.22 ↓ -25%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $19.22 ↓ -25%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $19.22 ↓ -25%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $19.22 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $20.51 ↓ -20%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $43.33 ↑ +69%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $43.33 ↑ +69%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $45.50 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $45.50 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $46.20 ↑ +80%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $46.32 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $49.00 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $51.10 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $53.20 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $55.30 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $59.50 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $62.66 ↑ +144%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $63.00 ↑ +145%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $70.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $70.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $70.00 ↑ +172%

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Mayo amikacin trough therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $25.97 $15.08 – $56.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $114.32 $15.08 – $203.58
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $38.81 $3.02 – $57.23
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $55.85 $14.78 – $123.05
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.96 $15.08 – $68.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $46.62 $15.08 – $68.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $27.44 $15.08 – $68.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $55.85 $15.08 – $155.50

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