Pertuzumab 30 mg/ml desensitization 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

$8,785.98

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.

$23,940.00

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.

$20.66 with BCBS - Anthem vs $19,391.40 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 Commercial|Exchange $20.66 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.37 ↓ -100%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $21.46 ↓ -100%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $21.46 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $21.46 ↓ -100%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $21.46 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $21.46 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $21.46 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $21.46 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $21.46 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $21.46 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $21.46 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $22.37 ↓ -100%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $22.80 ↓ -100%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $22.80 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $23.61 ↓ -100%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $23.61 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $24.02 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $24.80 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.85 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $24.85 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $26.71 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $26.71 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26.78 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $29.19 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $30.20 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $32.45 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $36.25 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $39.11 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $52.91 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $77.42 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $79.15 ↓ -99%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $9,576.00 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,815.40 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,815.40 ↑ +12%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $11,970.00 ↑ +36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16,758.00 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $18,194.40 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18,912.60 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $19,391.40 ↑ +121%

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Pertuzumab 30 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8,881.74 $9.88 – $19,152.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,941.04 $13.11 – $4,069.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16,050.00 $17.99 – $36,750.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $15,651.26 $14.00 – $34.89
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $15,651.26 $16.71 – $34.89
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,747.41 $15.95 – $16,030.18
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $8,143.67 $14.46 – $34.89
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $6,195.97 $14.86 – $11,309.14

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