Athrectomy tib/pero/unilat/ini ves 37229 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

$15,443.36

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.

$42,080.00

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.

$613.18 with Molina vs $42,080.00 with United — 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 $613.18 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $613.18 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $613.18 ↓ -96%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $613.18 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $613.18 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $613.18 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $613.18 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $613.18 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $613.18 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $809.40 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $861.52 ↓ -94%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $861.52 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $1,477.76 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,998.97 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,499.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,442.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,858.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $9,248.00 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10,754.00 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11,460.00 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,518.00 ↓ -6%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $16,338.00 ↑ +6%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $19,058.00 ↑ +23%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $21,040.00 ↑ +36%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $22,815.81 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $22,815.81 ↑ +48%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $22,815.81 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $22,815.81 ↑ +48%
United Medicare|All Plans $22,815.81 ↑ +48%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $22,815.81 ↑ +48%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $22,815.81 ↑ +48%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $22,815.81 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $22,815.81 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $22,815.81 ↑ +48%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $22,820.00 ↑ +48%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $25,097.39 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $25,097.39 ↑ +63%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $27,352.00 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $29,456.00 ↑ +91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $31,029.50 ↑ +101%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $31,980.80 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $33,243.20 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $34,084.80 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $41,659.20 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $42,080.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $42,080.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $42,080.00 ↑ +172%

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Athrectomy tib/pero/unilat/ini ves 37229 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $18,273.98 $613.18 – $33,664.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $18,189.27 $927.68 – $43,115.78
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $14,930.78 $613.18 – $34,187.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $13,674.92 $613.18 – $34,025.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $25,453.59 $9,256.00 – $89,248.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $18,127.95 $11,036.00 – $89,248.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $13,303.80 $0.80 – $18,829.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $20,278.62 $4,233.00 – $89,248.00

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