Debr musc/fascia 20sq cm/< 11043 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

$1,133.67

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.

$3,089.00

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.

$179.86 with Care 1st vs $8,109.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $179.86 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $179.86 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $179.86 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $179.86 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $179.86 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $179.86 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $179.86 ↓ -84%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $179.86 ↓ -84%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $179.86 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $296.78 ↓ -74%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $398.35 ↓ -65%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $398.35 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $683.28 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $777.77 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $777.77 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $777.77 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Plans $777.77 ↓ -31%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $777.77 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $777.77 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $777.77 ↓ -31%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $777.77 ↓ -31%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $777.77 ↓ -31%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $777.77 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $855.55 ↓ -25%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $855.55 ↓ -25%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $922.90 ↓ -19%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $924.28 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,057.77 ↓ -7%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,090.70 ↓ -4%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,174.60 ↑ +4%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,275.28 ↑ +12%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,325.62 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $1,359.18 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|HMO $1,661.22 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,678.00 ↑ +48%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,678.00 ↑ +48%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,678.00 ↑ +48%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,753.00 ↑ +231%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,891.00 ↑ +243%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,377.00 ↑ +286%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,982.00 ↑ +339%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,242.00 ↑ +362%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,281.00 ↑ +366%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,576.00 ↑ +392%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,793.00 ↑ +411%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,821.00 ↑ +590%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,109.00 ↑ +615%

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Debr musc/fascia 20sq cm/< 11043 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $622.54 $179.86 – $1,342.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $995.17 $221.23 – $1,458.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,176.57 $995.98 – $2,570.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $870.98 $179.86 – $1,994.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $277.06 $107.62 – $407.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $797.72 $179.86 – $1,994.30
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $910.35 $1,049.38 – $7,483.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $989.91 $950.57 – $8,018.00

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