Cellesta or duo per sq cm at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,541.40
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.
$4,200.00
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.
$132.07 with United vs $4,200.00 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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $132.07 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $624.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $624.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $624.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $624.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $624.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $624.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $624.34 | ↓ -59% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $624.34 | ↓ -59% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $624.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $877.20 | ↓ -43% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $877.20 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $972.18 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,030.16 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,030.16 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,050.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,386.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,386.00 | ↓ -10% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,680.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $1,680.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $1,974.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,100.00 | ↑ +36% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,142.00 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,394.00 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,772.00 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,940.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,108.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,108.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,192.00 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,318.00 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,360.00 | ↑ +118% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,906.00 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,906.00 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,074.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,200.00 | ↑ +172% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cellesta or duo per sq cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,558.20 | $624.34 – $3,780.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $617.40 | $264.29 – $2,100.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $865.20 | $386.40 – $1,612.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $167.70 – $593.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $172.09 – $1,727.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $160.06 – $1,802.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $167.67 – $721.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $160.08 – $1,847.00 |