Brace afo lg left 6607 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

$537.66

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.

$1,465.00

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.

$25.00 with Kern Health System vs $100.00 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 $25.00 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $25.00 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $33.00 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $33.00 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $40.00 ↓ -93%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $47.00 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $48.00 ↓ -91%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -91%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $52.00 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $57.00 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $58.00 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $58.00 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $66.00 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $66.00 ↓ -88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $70.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $74.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $74.00 ↓ -86%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $76.00 ↓ -86%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $79.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $80.00 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $90.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $93.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $93.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $97.00 ↓ -82%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $100.00 ↓ -81%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $100.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $100.00 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $100.00 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $100.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $100.00 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $100.00 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $100.00 ↓ -81%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $100.00 ↓ -81%

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Brace afo lg left 6607 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $543.52 $25.00 – $100.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $576.41 $242.40 – $787.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $775.75 not published
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $600.52 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $734.68 not published
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $51.39 $9.00 – $72.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $501.95 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $734.68 not published

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