Allograft umbilical epicord 15 sq cm-q4187-cost per sq cm 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

$5,728.87

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.

$15,610.00

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.

$223.73 with Care 1st vs $7,100.00 with Aetna — 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
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $223.73 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $223.73 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $223.73 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $223.73 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $223.73 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $223.73 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $223.73 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $223.73 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $223.73 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $295.32 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $314.34 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $314.34 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $369.15 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $400.50 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $400.50 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $407.58 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $411.93 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $411.93 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $500.78 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $539.19 ↓ -91%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $600.93 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $635.81 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $729.36 ↓ -87%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $2,840.00 ↓ -50%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,550.00 ↓ -38%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $3,621.00 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $4,686.00 ↓ -18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,970.00 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,254.00 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,254.00 ↓ -8%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,396.00 ↓ -6%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,609.00 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5,680.00 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,603.00 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,603.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,887.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,100.00 ↑ +24%

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Allograft umbilical epicord 15 sq cm-q4187-cost per sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,791.31 $200.31 – $14,049.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $10,064.32 $167.70 – $593.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,012.98 $223.73 – $6,262.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,507.21 $223.73 – $6,262.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $8,359.61 $176.69 – $1,727.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,737.11 $160.06 – $1,802.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $5,245.25 $167.67 – $274.62
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $4,737.11 $483.74 – $1,847.00

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