Close lac/mouth vest/2.5 cm or < 40830 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
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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.
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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.
$78.61 with LA Care vs $14,699.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | — |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.61 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.61 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $129.70 | — |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.11 | — |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.11 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $295.06 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | — |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | — |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $295.06 | — |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $295.06 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $298.65 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $324.57 | — |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $324.57 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $401.28 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $403.98 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,123.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,643.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,362.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Close lac/mouth vest/2.5 cm or < 40830 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $78.61 – $298.65 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $453.90 | $319.18 – $1,687.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $468.18 | $336.29 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $470.73 | $304.63 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $255.51 | $319.12 – $721.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $922.08 | $1,333.00 – $8,222.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $894.54 | $329.57 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,281.60 | $258.93 – $1,597.00 |