Aminolevulinic acid delta at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$16.19
Cash price 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.
$44.11
Gross charge 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.
$7.81 with Western Growers vs $47.26 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7.81 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $10.16 | ↓ -37% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $10.16 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $10.31 | ↓ -36% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10.94 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $11.41 | ↓ -30% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11.88 | ↓ -27% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12.34 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.28 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.06 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $15.62 | ↓ -4% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $16.56 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $17.19 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $21.25 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.26 | ↑ +192% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $47.26 | ↑ +192% |
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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $16.37 | $7.81 – $47.26 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $15.65 | $3.29 – $24.25 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $18.88 | $16.45 – $43.23 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $17.30 | $11.91 – $49.82 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $25.19 | $1.57 – $12.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $12.97 | $3.29 – $15.62 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $34.32 | $14.63 – $43.23 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $22.72 | $4.53 – $15.62 |