Abd aorta w/runoff s&i 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

$2,832.51

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.

$7,718.00

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.

$204.00 with Kaiser vs $15,009.21 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
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $204.00 ↓ -93%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $204.00 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $204.00 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $204.00 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $204.00 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $204.00 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $204.00 ↓ -93%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $204.00 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $204.00 ↓ -93%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $286.62 ↓ -90%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $286.62 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $491.64 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $535.81 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $647.23 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $665.04 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $696.08 ↓ -75%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,859.00 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,968.46 ↑ +40%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +41%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +41%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +41%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +41%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $4,399.13 ↑ +55%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,399.13 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,612.30 ↑ +63%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $5,016.70 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $5,093.88 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,402.60 ↑ +91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,438.93 ↑ +92%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,865.68 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,097.22 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,227.44 ↑ +120%
United Commercial|HMO $6,438.74 ↑ +127%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,438.74 ↑ +127%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,438.74 ↑ +127%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,438.74 ↑ +127%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,009.21 ↑ +430%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15,009.21 ↑ +430%

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Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,863.38 $204.00 – $15,009.21
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,076.47 $308.63 – $13,858.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,994.38 $204.00 – $13,457.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,823.56 $204.00 – $15,820.61
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $11,311.80 $1,309.30 – $4,434.05
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,557.69 $4,061.05 – $4,434.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,089.06 $0.80 – $5,254.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,415.58 $1,132.92 – $4,434.05

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