Br punct aspir ea add, l at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$421.69
Cash price 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.
$1,149.00
Gross charge 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.
$23.93 with Care 1st 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.93 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.93 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.93 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.93 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.93 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.93 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.93 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.93 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.93 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $39.48 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $90.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $122.93 | ↓ -71% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $503.80 | ↑ +19% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $595.40 | ↑ +41% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $641.20 | ↑ +52% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $696.16 | ↑ +65% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $723.64 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $741.96 | ↑ +76% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $815.24 | ↑ +93% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $906.84 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $916.00 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $916.00 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $916.00 | ↑ +117% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | ↑ +344% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +745% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +811% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +862% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +882% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +1226% |
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Br punct aspir ea add, l at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $426.28 | $23.93 – $815.24 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $178.71 | $29.43 – $318.24 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $380.50 | $23.93 – $871.22 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $503.50 | $23.93 – $324.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $357.51 | $23.93 – $298.90 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $154.06 | $23.93 – $440.16 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,513.17 | $691.00 – $12,908.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $178.08 | $1,200.00 – $5,357.00 |