Oprelvekin injection at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$447.01
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.
$1,218.00
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.
$304.50 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,218.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $304.50 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $394.94 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $394.94 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $394.94 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $422.55 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $478.43 | ↑ +7% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $487.20 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $499.38 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $499.38 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $556.32 | ↑ +24% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $609.00 | ↑ +36% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $621.18 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $674.37 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $674.37 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $703.46 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $751.43 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $819.83 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $852.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $925.68 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $962.22 | ↑ +115% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $983.79 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $986.58 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,218.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,218.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Oprelvekin injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $614.91 | $1.76 – $1,194.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $335.38 | $134.64 – $1,135.06 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $266.84 | $380.82 – $1,089.58 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $476.14 | $134.64 – $1,143.53 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $352.52 | $394.94 – $1,129.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $299.65 – $514.62 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $324.35 – $514.62 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $386.90 – $514.62 |