Application short leg cast 29405 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

$132.49

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.

$361.00

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.

$97.84 with Partnership Health Plan 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $97.84 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $97.84 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $97.84 ↓ -26%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $97.84 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $97.84 ↓ -26%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $97.84 ↓ -26%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $97.84 ↓ -26%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $97.84 ↓ -26%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $97.84 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $161.44 ↑ +22%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $180.50 ↑ +36%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $216.69 ↑ +64%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $216.69 ↑ +64%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $234.65 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $252.70 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $274.36 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $285.19 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $292.41 ↑ +121%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $337.45 ↑ +155%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $337.45 ↑ +155%
United Medicare|All Plans $337.45 ↑ +155%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $337.45 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $337.45 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $337.45 ↑ +155%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $337.45 ↑ +155%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $337.45 ↑ +155%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $337.45 ↑ +155%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $337.45 ↑ +155%
United Commercial|HMO $357.39 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $361.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $361.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $361.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $361.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $361.00 ↑ +172%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $371.19 ↑ +180%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $371.19 ↑ +180%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $458.93 ↑ +246%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $898.00 ↑ +578%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,871.00 ↑ +1312%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,123.00 ↑ +2257%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +2589%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,643.00 ↑ +2650%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +3026%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,362.00 ↑ +3192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +4121%

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Application short leg cast 29405 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $97.84 – $371.69
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,153.62 $376.92 – $1,687.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,722.78 $397.12 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $752.76 $359.73 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $535.50 $376.84 – $721.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $684.42 $1,333.00 – $8,222.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,026.63 $389.18 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,443.36 $305.77 – $1,597.00

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