Nesiritide injection at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,686.74
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.
$4,596.00
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.
$48.03 with United vs $3,722.76 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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.03 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $48.03 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $48.03 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $51.40 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $59.91 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $69.66 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $94.09 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.46 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.46 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $107.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $107.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $112.62 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $131.25 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $157.51 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $180.89 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $244.70 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $403.92 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $412.98 | ↓ -76% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,838.40 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,884.36 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,884.36 | ↑ +12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,298.00 | ↑ +36% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,343.96 | ↑ +39% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,217.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,492.96 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,630.84 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $3,722.76 | ↑ +121% |
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Nesiritide injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $2,202.89 | $48.03 – $3,961.16 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $1,796.80 | $30.69 – $3,787.58 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $1,265.61 | $43.32 – $4,619.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,330.28 | $48.03 – $3,833.77 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $37.52 – $62.59 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $40.61 – $62.59 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $48.45 – $62.59 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $71.98 – $140.56 |