Alys cplx sp/pn npgt w/prgrm 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

$189.74

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.

$517.00

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.

$74.28 with LA Care vs $13,913.00 with United — 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 $74.28 ↓ -61%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $74.28 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $74.28 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $74.28 ↓ -61%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $74.28 ↓ -61%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $74.28 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $74.28 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $74.28 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $74.28 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $116.63 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↓ -39%
United Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↓ -39%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↓ -39%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $116.63 ↓ -39%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $122.56 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $128.29 ↓ -32%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $128.29 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $158.62 ↓ -16%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $165.45 ↓ -13%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $165.45 ↓ -13%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $258.50 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $283.80 ↑ +50%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $336.05 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $341.22 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $361.90 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $377.41 ↑ +99%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $383.90 ↑ +102%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $392.92 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $408.43 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $439.45 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $517.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $517.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,123.00 ↑ +1546%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,643.00 ↑ +1820%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,362.00 ↑ +2199%
United Commercial|HMO $10,740.00 ↑ +5560%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,913.00 ↑ +7233%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13,913.00 ↑ +7233%

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Alys cplx sp/pn npgt w/prgrm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $191.81 $74.28 – $413.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $190.10 $56.06 – $338.52
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $223.42 $74.28 – $511.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $159.84 $62.09 – $235.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $204.63 $74.28 – $511.56
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $155.24 $74.28 – $432.96
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $327.54 $101.04 – $412.58
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $203.43 $74.28 – $395.00

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