Artery xrays of pelvis 75736 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

$3,413.10

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$9,300.00

Gross charge

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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.

$185.54 with Care 1st vs $25,002.66 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

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 $185.54 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $185.54 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $185.54 ↓ -95%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $185.54 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $185.54 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $185.54 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $185.54 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $185.54 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $185.54 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $260.68 ↓ -92%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $260.68 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $447.15 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $488.94 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $604.86 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $698.95 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $751.71 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,828.75 ↑ +12%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $4,073.50 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,449.92 ↑ +30%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $5,295.55 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $5,377.02 ↑ +58%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,702.90 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,008.20 ↑ +76%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,191.72 ↑ +81%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,436.13 ↑ +89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +101%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +101%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +101%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +101%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +101%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +101%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +101%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +101%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↑ +101%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $7,555.33 ↑ +121%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $7,555.33 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $8,147.00 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8,147.00 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8,147.00 ↑ +139%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,147.00 ↑ +139%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,341.13 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $25,002.66 ↑ +633%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25,002.66 ↑ +633%

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Artery xrays of pelvis 75736 26 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,450.30 $185.54 – $25,002.66
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,559.19 $280.70 – $23,085.47
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,379.15 $185.54 – $22,418.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,131.67 $185.54 – $26,354.30
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,949.88 $1,413.97 – $7,353.90
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,400.61 $4,217.47 – $7,353.90
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,011.26 $185.54 – $6,841.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,316.24 $1,223.45 – $7,742.78

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