Bronch/asp/tracheobronch tree/subs 31646 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

$1,462.87

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.

$3,986.00

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.

$125.61 with Care 1st vs $6,060.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $125.61 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $125.61 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $125.61 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $125.61 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $125.61 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $125.61 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $125.61 ↓ -91%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $125.61 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $125.61 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $207.25 ↓ -86%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $278.18 ↓ -81%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $278.18 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $477.16 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $493.39 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $493.39 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $493.39 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $493.39 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $493.39 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $493.39 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $493.39 ↓ -66%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $493.39 ↓ -66%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $493.39 ↓ -66%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $493.39 ↓ -66%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $542.73 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $542.73 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $645.45 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $671.01 ↓ -54%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,993.00 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $2,590.90 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,790.20 ↑ +91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,907.00 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,029.36 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,148.94 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $3,228.66 ↑ +121%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +143%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,753.00 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +163%
United Commercial|HMO $3,946.14 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,986.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,986.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,986.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +177%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +183%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,377.00 ↑ +199%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,242.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +282%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,060.00 ↑ +314%

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Bronch/asp/tracheobronch tree/subs 31646 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,478.81 $125.61 – $3,188.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $969.30 $154.50 – $1,726.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $856.00 $125.61 – $1,960.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $760.48 $125.61 – $1,901.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,223.42 $555.33 – $6,200.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $2,772.21 $485.50 – $3,884.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,492.05 $125.61 – $4,263.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $710.40 $427.59 – $5,171.00

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