Chg pr pul rehab for copd patients 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

$79.28

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.

$216.00

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.

$108.00 with Western Growers vs $271.00 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $108.00 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $140.40 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $151.20 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $164.16 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $170.64 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $174.96 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $216.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $216.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $216.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $271.00 ↑ +242%

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Chg pr pul rehab for copd patients at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $104.44 $122.00 – $244.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $266.40 $103.48 – $392.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $95.65 $65.88 – $239.12
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $142.89 $102.06 – $398.52
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $118.26 $36.48 – $148.96
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $112.27 $130.80 – $218.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $181.80 $262.60 – $343.40
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $172.77 $172.00 – $310.66

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