Bilateral n block inj occipital 64405 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

$799.70

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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.

$2,179.00

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.

$72.20 with Molina 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
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $72.20 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $72.20 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $72.20 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $72.20 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $72.20 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $72.20 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $72.20 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $72.20 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $72.20 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $119.13 ↓ -85%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $159.92 ↓ -80%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $159.92 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $274.31 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $371.05 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $375.07 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -53%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -53%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -53%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -53%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $412.58 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $412.58 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $510.10 ↓ -36%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $756.50 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $898.00 ↑ +12%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $983.45 ↑ +23%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,059.10 ↑ +32%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,149.88 ↑ +44%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,195.27 ↑ +49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $1,225.53 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|HMO $1,497.87 ↑ +87%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,513.00 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,513.00 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,513.00 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,871.00 ↑ +134%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,123.00 ↑ +291%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +345%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,643.00 ↑ +356%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +380%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +407%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +418%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,362.00 ↑ +445%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +599%

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Bilateral n block inj occipital 64405 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $72.20 – $375.07
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $568.14 $413.65 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,591.74 $72.20 – $1,037.82
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $91.25 $35.45 – $134.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,457.85 $72.20 – $3,644.62
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,879.35 $435.83 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,588.80 $394.79 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $755.82 $413.57 – $3,982.87

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