Vaccine meningococcal serogroups a/c/w/y quadrivalent diphtheria toxoid(menacwy-d/menacwy-crm) im 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

$224.98

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.

$613.00

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.

$78.40 with CHN Sun View vs $196.00 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 $78.40 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $80.36 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $80.36 ↓ -64%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $98.00 ↓ -56%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $99.96 ↓ -56%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $137.20 ↓ -39%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $148.96 ↓ -34%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $154.84 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $158.76 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $160.72 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $186.20 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $196.00 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $196.00 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Options PPO $196.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $196.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $196.00 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $196.00 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $196.00 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|HMO $196.00 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $196.00 ↓ -13%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $196.00 ↓ -13%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $196.00 ↓ -13%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $196.00 ↓ -13%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $196.00 ↓ -13%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $196.00 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $196.00 ↓ -13%

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Vaccine meningococcal serogroups a/c/w/y quadrivalent diphtheria toxoid(menacwy-d/menacwy-crm) im at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $261.93 $78.40 – $196.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $249.34 $107.91 – $444.02
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,317.82 $139.82 – $1,348.48
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $482.99 $187.61 – $710.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $695.02 $139.82 – $1,737.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $509.67 $107.18 – $398.93
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $509.67 $127.85 – $398.93
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $308.92 $43.00 – $344.00

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