Pregabalin - sendout at SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield CA 93308|3001 Sillect Avenue, Bakersfield, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538157508

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 29, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$10.31

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.

$68.75

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.

$0.05 with AETNA- ALL PLANS vs $5.36 with KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL — 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
AETNA- ALL PLANS AETNA- ALL PLANS $0.05 ↓ -100%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $1.33 ↓ -87%
BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS $1.48 ↓ -86%
BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO $1.48 ↓ -86%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $1.65 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $1.67 ↓ -84%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $1.74 ↓ -83%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $1.74 ↓ -83%
BLUE CROSS MCS BLUE CROSS MCS $1.86 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $1.86 ↓ -82%
WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS $1.97 ↓ -81%
KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT $2.00 ↓ -81%
COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS $2.00 ↓ -81%
GEM CARE- ALL PLANS GEM CARE- ALL PLANS $2.00 ↓ -81%
KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.00 ↓ -81%
CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS $2.08 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS $2.08 ↓ -80%
FIRST HEALTH/COVENTRY IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH/COVENTRY IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS $2.40 ↓ -77%
PHCS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS PHCS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS $2.60 ↓ -75%
INTERPLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS $2.80 ↓ -73%
HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $2.98 ↓ -71%
HERITAGE/HPN COMM HERITAGE/HPN COMM $2.98 ↓ -71%
AFFILIATED HEALTH FUNDS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS AFFILIATED HEALTH FUNDS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS $3.20 ↓ -69%
INTEGRATED HEALTH PLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS INTEGRATED HEALTH PLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS $3.20 ↓ -69%
THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS $3.20 ↓ -69%
BEECH STREET IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS BEECH STREET IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS $3.40 ↓ -67%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS $3.60 ↓ -65%
KAISER MCAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MCAL IP/OP ONLY $4.00 ↓ -61%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $4.00 ↓ -61%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $4.76 ↓ -54%
KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL $5.36 ↓ -48%

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Pregabalin - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $80.08 $29.00 – $29.00

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