Binder abdominal lg 12 x 62-74 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

$36.70

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.

$100.00

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.

$6.25 with Kern Health System vs $25.00 with Care 1st — 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
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $6.25 ↓ -83%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $6.25 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $8.25 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $8.25 ↓ -78%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $10.00 ↓ -73%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $10.00 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $11.75 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|HMO $12.00 ↓ -67%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $12.50 ↓ -66%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $12.75 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $13.00 ↓ -65%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $14.25 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.50 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.50 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $16.50 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16.50 ↓ -55%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.50 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.50 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $18.50 ↓ -50%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.00 ↓ -48%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.75 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $20.00 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $22.50 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23.25 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $23.25 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $24.25 ↓ -34%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $25.00 ↓ -32%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $25.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $25.00 ↓ -32%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $25.00 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $25.00 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $25.00 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $25.00 ↓ -32%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $25.00 ↓ -32%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $25.00 ↓ -32%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $25.00 ↓ -32%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $25.00 ↓ -32%

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Binder abdominal lg 12 x 62-74 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $37.10 $6.25 – $25.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $88.92 $5.52 – $59.55
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $29.02 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $38.52 $11.50 – $23.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $59.94 $9.32 – $35.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $35.28 $4.37 – $23.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $19.09 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $24.66 not published

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