17-hydroxypregnenolone 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

$11.01

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.

$30.00

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.

$15.00 with Western Growers vs $65.56 with Cigna — 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $15.00 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $19.50 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.50 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $19.80 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.00 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $21.90 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $22.80 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $22.81 ↑ +107%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $22.81 ↑ +107%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $22.81 ↑ +107%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $22.81 ↑ +107%
United Medicare|All Plans $22.81 ↑ +107%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $22.81 ↑ +107%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $22.81 ↑ +107%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $22.81 ↑ +107%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $22.81 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $23.70 ↑ +115%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $24.18 ↑ +120%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $25.09 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $25.50 ↑ +132%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $27.00 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.37 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|Options PPO $27.37 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $27.37 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|HMO $27.37 ↑ +149%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $28.49 ↑ +159%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $28.49 ↑ +159%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $29.09 ↑ +164%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $29.09 ↑ +164%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $29.09 ↑ +164%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $29.09 ↑ +164%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $29.09 ↑ +164%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $29.09 ↑ +164%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $29.09 ↑ +164%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $29.09 ↑ +164%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $29.09 ↑ +164%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $30.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $30.00 ↑ +172%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $31.02 ↑ +182%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $65.56 ↑ +495%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $65.56 ↑ +495%

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17-hydroxypregnenolone at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.13 $15.00 – $65.56
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.14 $8.10 – $60.54
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.14 $4.56 – $33.46
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.42 $10.50 – $58.79
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $19.98 $16.24 – $29.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $26.95 $5.67 – $69.11
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $17.13 $3.00 – $24.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8.82 $6.30 – $30.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →