Chemodenerv 1 extrem 1-4 ea 64643 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

$371.04

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.

$1,011.00

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.

$60.68 with Care 1st vs $5,592.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $60.68 ↓ -84%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $60.68 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $60.68 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $60.68 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $60.68 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $60.68 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $60.68 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $60.68 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $60.68 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $80.10 ↓ -78%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $85.26 ↓ -77%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $85.26 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $146.24 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $197.82 ↓ -47%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $505.50 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $657.15 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $707.70 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $768.36 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $798.69 ↑ +115%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $818.91 ↑ +121%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $818.91 ↑ +121%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $899.79 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|HMO $1,000.89 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,011.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,011.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,011.00 ↑ +172%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $3,244.80 ↑ +775%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +860%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +935%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +993%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +1016%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +1407%

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Chemodenerv 1 extrem 1-4 ea 64643 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $60.68 – $146.24
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $808.35 $82.52 – $1,018.22
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $834.40 $1,311.00 – $4,751.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $56.64 $1,266.00 – $13,012.00
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro $909.65 $1,318.00 – $9,636.00
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $909.65 $1,321.00 – $9,648.00
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $670.60 $1,487.00 – $9,891.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $91.81 – $105.58

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