Brace afopos solid ankle cust at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,185.41
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.
$3,230.00
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.
$476.22 with Care 1st vs $3,230.00 with Aetna — 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 | $476.22 | ↓ -60% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.22 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.22 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.22 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.22 | ↓ -60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.22 | ↓ -60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.22 | ↓ -60% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.22 | ↓ -60% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.22 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $628.61 | ↓ -47% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $669.09 | ↓ -44% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $669.09 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,065.90 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,065.90 | ↓ -10% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,292.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $1,292.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,518.10 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,550.40 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,615.00 | ↑ +36% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,647.30 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,679.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,841.10 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,873.40 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,873.40 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,131.80 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,131.80 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,261.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,390.20 | ↑ +102% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,390.20 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,454.80 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,551.70 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,584.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,907.00 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,003.90 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,003.90 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,133.10 | ↑ +164% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,230.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Brace afopos solid ankle cust at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,198.33 | $476.22 – $2,907.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,272.39 | $697.20 – $2,265.90 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,630.59 | not published |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,625.50 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,783.46 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,121.03 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,783.46 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $664.74 | $476.22 – $2,261.00 |