Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 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

$2,523.13

Cash price

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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.

$6,875.00

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.

$210.62 with LA Care 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
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $210.62 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $210.62 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $210.62 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $210.62 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $210.62 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $210.62 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $210.62 ↓ -92%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $210.62 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $210.62 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $242.27 ↓ -90%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $325.20 ↓ -87%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $325.20 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $557.82 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $754.56 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $898.00 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,871.00 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -18%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -18%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -18%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -18%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $2,264.55 ↓ -10%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,264.55 ↓ -10%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,520.65 ↓ -0%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,799.80 ↑ +11%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $2,978.95 ↑ +18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,208.10 ↑ +27%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,483.08 ↑ +38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,620.57 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $3,712.23 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +64%
United Commercial|HMO $4,537.17 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,583.00 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,583.00 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,583.00 ↑ +82%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $5,420.00 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,323.00 ↑ +151%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7,572.00 ↑ +200%

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Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,550.63 $210.62 – $3,666.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $920.68 $259.06 – $3,763.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,014.10 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,582.42 $158.33 – $599.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,782.05 $1,727.00 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,357.22 $1,802.00 – $9,858.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,842.63 $721.00 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $5,432.52 $1,847.00 – $20,799.00

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