Sargramostim injection at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$434.17
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.
$1,183.00
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.
$71.27 with Health Net vs $660.96 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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| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -84% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -84% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -84% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -84% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $78.40 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $78.40 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.11 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $88.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $90.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $90.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $94.39 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $94.39 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $96.93 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $98.46 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $98.80 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $99.03 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $99.03 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $114.75 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $137.69 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $155.06 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $209.75 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $270.89 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $285.63 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $292.03 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $314.99 | ↓ -27% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $326.40 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $334.56 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $334.56 | ↓ -23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $408.00 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $425.46 | ↓ -2% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $571.20 | ↑ +32% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $620.16 | ↑ +43% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $644.64 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $660.96 | ↑ +52% |
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Sargramostim injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $438.90 | $39.24 – $652.80 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $552.52 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $552.52 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $552.52 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $552.52 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $513.05 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $513.05 | $56.00 – $56.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $552.52 | $56.00 – $56.00 |