Brace knee playmaker ii x-rom hook and loop xl 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

$910.16

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.

$2,480.00

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.

$512.10 with Care 1st vs $2,480.00 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.

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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
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $512.10 ↓ -44%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $512.10 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $512.10 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $512.10 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $512.10 ↓ -44%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $512.10 ↓ -44%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $512.10 ↓ -44%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $512.10 ↓ -44%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $512.10 ↓ -44%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $620.00 ↓ -32%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $620.00 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $675.97 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $818.40 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $818.40 ↓ -10%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $992.00 ↑ +9%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $992.00 ↑ +9%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $1,165.60 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|HMO $1,190.40 ↑ +31%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,240.00 ↑ +36%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,264.80 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,289.60 ↑ +42%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $1,413.60 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,438.40 ↑ +58%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,438.40 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $1,636.80 ↑ +80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,636.80 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,736.00 ↑ +91%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,835.20 ↑ +102%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,835.20 ↑ +102%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,884.80 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,959.20 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,984.00 ↑ +118%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,232.00 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,306.40 ↑ +153%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,306.40 ↑ +153%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,405.60 ↑ +164%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,480.00 ↑ +172%

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Brace knee playmaker ii x-rom hook and loop xl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $920.08 $512.10 – $2,232.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $381.48 not published
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $237.38 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $290.42 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $198.43 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $290.42 not published
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $583.30 $512.10 – $1,984.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $306.66 not published

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