Sipuleucel-t - su at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$68,654.69
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.
$187,070.00
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.
$65,868.59 with BCBS - Anthem vs $185,875.80 with Health Net — 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 | Commercial|Exchange | $65,868.59 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $71,084.95 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $71,084.95 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $71,084.95 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $71,084.95 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $71,084.95 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $71,084.95 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $71,084.95 | ↑ +4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $71,084.95 | ↑ +4% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $71,084.95 | ↑ +4% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $71,084.95 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $73,308.18 | ↑ +7% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $74,828.00 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76,592.24 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76,698.70 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $76,698.70 | ↑ +12% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $78,193.45 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $78,193.45 | ↑ +14% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $80,109.03 | ↑ +17% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $80,109.03 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $86,495.61 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $91,635.23 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $91,635.23 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $93,535.00 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $94,078.22 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $96,675.53 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $99,220.50 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $99,220.50 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $103,453.26 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $103,500.60 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $120,621.00 | ↑ +76% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $130,949.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $137,411.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $142,173.20 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $144,745.20 | ↑ +111% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $147,785.30 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $151,526.70 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $185,875.80 | ↑ +171% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Sipuleucel-t - su at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $69,402.97 | $41,244.60 – $149,656.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $86,629.40 | $44,073.10 – $154,271.52 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $100,990.51 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $100,990.51 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $93,776.90 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $93,776.90 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $100,990.51 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $100,990.51 | $55,946.00 – $55,946.00 |