Cath combo lt&rt heart w/inj/s 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

$7,380.37

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.

$20,110.00

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.

$1,145.73 with Care 1st vs $20,110.00 with United — 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 $1,145.73 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,145.73 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,145.73 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $1,145.73 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1,145.73 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1,145.73 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1,145.73 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $1,145.73 ↓ -84%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $1,145.73 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,317.94 ↓ -82%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $1,779.17 ↓ -76%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $1,779.17 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $3,051.81 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -45%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -45%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -45%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $4,128.17 ↓ -44%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,495.45 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $4,495.45 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,558.01 ↓ -25%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $6,515.00 ↓ -12%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,599.00 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,676.00 ↑ +18%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $9,100.00 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,447.00 ↑ +28%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $10,055.00 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,155.00 ↑ +38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $11,699.00 ↑ +59%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $13,071.50 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $13,604.00 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14,077.00 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $15,283.60 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15,886.90 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $16,289.10 ↑ +121%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $18,089.00 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18,365.00 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|HMO $19,908.90 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20,110.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20,110.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $20,110.00 ↑ +172%

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Cath combo lt&rt heart w/inj/s at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,481.97 $1,409.25 – $11,543.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $22,596.06 $4,368.86 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,800.50 $1,145.73 – $15,571.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,047.00 $1,145.73 – $15,117.48
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $18,719.04 $4,603.09 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $8,758.23 $4,169.67 – $17,611.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $11,734.08 $13,544.00 – $51,997.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,272.68 $998.44 – $20,779.08

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