Artery x-rays arms/legs 75716-26 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

$2,724.25

Cash price

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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.

$7,423.00

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.

$210.84 with Care 1st vs $15,009.21 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.

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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 $210.84 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $210.84 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $210.84 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $210.84 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $210.84 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $210.84 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $210.84 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $210.84 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $210.84 ↓ -92%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $296.23 ↓ -89%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $296.23 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $495.88 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $508.12 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $687.34 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $817.39 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $879.09 ↓ -68%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,711.50 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,828.68 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +47%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +47%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +47%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +47%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +47%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +47%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $4,399.13 ↑ +61%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,399.13 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,449.84 ↑ +63%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $4,824.95 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $4,899.18 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,196.10 ↑ +91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,438.93 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,641.48 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,864.17 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,008.09 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,438.74 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,438.74 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|HMO $6,438.74 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,438.74 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15,009.21 ↑ +451%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,009.21 ↑ +451%

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Artery x-rays arms/legs 75716-26 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,753.94 $210.84 – $15,009.21
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,076.47 $318.98 – $13,858.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,383.86 $210.84 – $13,457.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,147.74 $210.84 – $15,820.61
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $11,311.80 $1,652.78 – $4,434.05
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,609.60 $4,061.05 – $4,434.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,716.27 $210.84 – $7,197.14
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,691.49 $1,430.77 – $4,434.05

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