Streptozocin injection 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

$612.16

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.

$1,668.00

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.

$123.20 with CHN Sun View vs $308.00 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.

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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
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $123.20 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $126.28 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $126.28 ↓ -79%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -75%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $157.08 ↓ -74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $215.60 ↓ -65%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $234.08 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $236.46 ↓ -61%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $243.32 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $249.48 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $274.96 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $280.20 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $308.00 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $308.00 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|HMO $308.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $308.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $308.00 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $308.00 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $308.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $308.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $308.00 ↓ -50%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $308.00 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Options PPO $308.00 ↓ -50%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $308.00 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $308.00 ↓ -50%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $308.00 ↓ -50%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $308.00 ↓ -50%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $308.00 ↓ -50%

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Streptozocin injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $618.83 $123.20 – $353.69
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $635.36 $221.00 – $221.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $635.36 $221.00 – $221.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $635.36 $221.00 – $221.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $635.36 $221.00 – $221.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $589.98 $198.00 – $198.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $589.98 $198.00 – $198.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $635.36 $221.00 – $221.00

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