Paclitaxel protein-bound 100 mg intravenous suspension at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$2,804.62
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.
$7,642.00
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.
$15.40 with Kaiser vs $4,185.27 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $15.40 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $15.40 | ↓ -99% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $15.40 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $15.40 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $15.40 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $15.40 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $15.40 | ↓ -99% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $15.40 | ↓ -99% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $15.40 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $15.40 | ↓ -99% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $16.94 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $16.94 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.35 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $19.01 | ↓ -99% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $20.94 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.55 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.10 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $22.34 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $22.34 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $23.17 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $23.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $24.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $28.85 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $29.85 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $31.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.61 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $42.58 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $62.30 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $63.69 | ↓ -98% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,066.80 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,118.47 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,118.47 | ↓ -24% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,583.50 | ↓ -8% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,616.90 | ↑ +29% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,926.92 | ↑ +40% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,081.93 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $4,185.27 | ↑ +49% |
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Paclitaxel protein-bound 100 mg intravenous suspension at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,835.19 | $9.86 – $4,133.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,827.34 | $12.05 – $34.79 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,115.31 | $15.40 – $18,581.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,432.72 | $13.06 – $18,581.78 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,414.97 | $6.02 – $28.08 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,414.97 | $6.02 – $28.08 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,834.56 | $13.24 – $3,460.40 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,189.80 | $5.12 – $28.08 |