Brace knee hing pat open med at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$244.06
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.
$665.00
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.
$97.50 with Kern Health System vs $390.00 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $97.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $97.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.74 | ↓ -53% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.74 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.74 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.74 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.74 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.74 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.74 | ↓ -53% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $115.74 | ↓ -53% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $115.74 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $128.70 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $128.70 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $152.78 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $156.00 | ↓ -36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $183.30 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $187.20 | ↓ -23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $195.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $198.90 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $202.80 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $222.30 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $226.20 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $226.20 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $257.40 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $257.40 | ↑ +5% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $273.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $288.60 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $288.60 | ↑ +18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $296.40 | ↑ +21% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $308.10 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $312.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $351.00 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $362.70 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $362.70 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $378.30 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $390.00 | ↑ +60% |
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Brace knee hing pat open med at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $246.72 | $97.50 – $351.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $261.05 | $143.04 – $464.88 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $156.41 | $91.26 – $351.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $743.77 | $103.68 – $423.36 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $136.99 | $46.92 – $195.84 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $419.25 | $23.00 – $578.70 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $381.23 | $24.15 – $578.70 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $317.85 | $23.00 – $486.45 |