Coronary angio/lv gram/lt heart 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

$5,125.16

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.

$13,965.00

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.

$1,090.16 with Molina vs $25,662.00 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
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $1,090.16 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $1,090.16 ↓ -79%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $1,090.16 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $1,090.16 ↓ -79%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $1,090.16 ↓ -79%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $1,090.16 ↓ -79%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $1,090.16 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $1,090.16 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $1,090.16 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,254.01 ↓ -76%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $1,692.87 ↓ -67%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $1,692.87 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $2,903.78 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $3,927.94 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -20%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -20%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -20%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -20%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4,086.77 ↓ -20%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $4,495.45 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $4,495.45 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,558.01 ↑ +8%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $6,515.00 ↑ +27%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $6,982.50 ↑ +36%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,599.00 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,676.00 ↑ +69%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $9,077.25 ↑ +77%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $9,100.00 ↑ +78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,447.00 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,775.50 ↑ +91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,155.00 ↑ +98%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,613.40 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,032.35 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $11,311.65 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $13,825.35 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13,965.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,965.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $13,965.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $16,348.00 ↑ +219%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $18,089.00 ↑ +253%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $19,009.00 ↑ +271%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $25,662.00 ↑ +401%

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Coronary angio/lv gram/lt heart at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9,343.86 $1,340.90 – $16,639.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9,329.12 $1,090.16 – $21,361.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8,288.06 $1,090.16 – $20,720.14
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $21,702.03 $4,603.09 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $10,281.09 $4,169.67 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $13,340.84 $950.01 – $38,116.68
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $17,719.95 $4,511.03 – $12,568.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $7,164.00 $3,544.22 – $15,436.00

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