Cap trach decann 15mm 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

$4,405.84

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.

$12,005.00

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.

$56.25 with Kern Health System vs $225.00 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
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $56.25 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $56.25 ↓ -99%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $56.25 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $74.25 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $74.25 ↓ -98%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $90.00 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $90.00 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $105.75 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $108.00 ↓ -98%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $112.50 ↓ -97%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $114.75 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $117.00 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $128.25 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $130.50 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $130.50 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $148.50 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $148.50 ↓ -97%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $157.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $166.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $166.50 ↓ -96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $171.00 ↓ -96%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $177.75 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $180.00 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $202.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $209.25 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $209.25 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $218.25 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $225.00 ↓ -95%

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Cap trach decann 15mm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,453.86 $56.25 – $202.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7,999.20 $63.84 – $207.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $8,293.82 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,734.92 $5.29 – $22.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,504.88 $4.37 – $22.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,564.32 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,106.52 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $4,443.12 not published

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