Air injection into abdomen 49400 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

$200.75

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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.

$547.00

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.

$48.28 with LA Care vs $5,592.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $48.28 ↓ -76%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $48.28 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $48.28 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $48.28 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $48.28 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $48.28 ↓ -76%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $48.28 ↓ -76%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $48.28 ↓ -76%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $48.28 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $79.66 ↓ -60%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $106.91 ↓ -47%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $106.91 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $183.38 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $248.05 ↑ +24%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $300.85 ↑ +50%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $355.55 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $382.90 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $415.72 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $432.13 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $443.07 ↑ +121%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $486.83 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|HMO $541.53 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $547.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $547.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $547.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +1674%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +1814%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +1920%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +1963%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +2686%

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Air injection into abdomen 49400 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $202.94 $48.28 – $486.83
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $396.33 $48.28 – $907.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $363.00 $48.28 – $907.48
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $190.52 $48.28 – $263.76
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $279.65 $48.28 – $230.67
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $330.30 $48.28 – $660.60
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $811.34 $48.28 – $2,908.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $510.72 $1,266.00 – $13,012.00

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