Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 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

$2,334.86

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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$6,362.00

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.

$316.14 with Molina vs $7,572.00 with Health Net — 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
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $316.14 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $316.14 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $316.14 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $316.14 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $316.14 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $316.14 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $316.14 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $316.14 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $316.14 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $363.66 ↓ -84%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $488.14 ↓ -79%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $488.14 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $837.31 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,132.62 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +11%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +11%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +11%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +11%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +11%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +11%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,665.85 ↑ +14%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,863.12 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $2,863.12 ↑ +23%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,907.00 ↑ +25%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $3,150.55 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,392.90 ↑ +45%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,539.86 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +53%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,683.72 ↑ +58%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,829.13 ↑ +64%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $3,926.07 ↑ +68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|HMO $4,798.53 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,847.00 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,847.00 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,847.00 ↑ +108%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $5,420.00 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +140%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,060.00 ↑ +160%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,323.00 ↑ +171%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7,572.00 ↑ +224%

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Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,360.31 $316.14 – $3,877.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,536.95 $388.85 – $4,655.74
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,638.56 $409.70 – $3,044.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,836.22 $1,921.00 – $6,619.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,530.58 $316.14 – $7,539.14
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $275.73 $101.93 – $386.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,016.05 $316.14 – $5,907.44
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,765.84 $2,968.05 – $10,593.00

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