Coveredge 32 lead kit 40cm 48 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

$2,605.70

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.

$7,100.00

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.

$43.75 with Kern Health System vs $175.00 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.

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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
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $43.75 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $43.75 ↓ -98%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $43.75 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $57.75 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $57.75 ↓ -98%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $70.00 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $70.00 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $82.25 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $84.00 ↓ -97%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $87.50 ↓ -97%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $89.25 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $91.00 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $99.75 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $101.50 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $101.50 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $115.50 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $115.50 ↓ -96%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $122.50 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $129.50 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $129.50 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $133.00 ↓ -95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $138.25 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $157.50 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $162.75 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $162.75 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $169.75 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $175.00 ↓ -93%

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Coveredge 32 lead kit 40cm 48 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,634.10 $43.75 – $157.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,152.59 $315.84 – $1,200.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,773.60 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,012.98 $80.73 – $343.98
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,321.35 $513.27 – $1,944.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,507.21 $66.69 – $343.98
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,551.75 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,151.80 not published

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