Dressing wound matrix 2x2in 25sqcm-q4108-cost per sq cm at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$9,683.30
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.
$26,385.00
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.
$18.85 with Care 1st vs $26,385.00 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 |
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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.85 | ↓ -100% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.85 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.85 | ↓ -100% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.85 | ↓ -100% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.85 | ↓ -100% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.85 | ↓ -100% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.85 | ↓ -100% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.85 | ↓ -100% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.85 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.88 | ↓ -100% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $26.48 | ↓ -100% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $26.48 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $26.58 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.91 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $41.75 | ↓ -100% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $45.43 | ↓ -100% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $61.45 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $73.99 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $73.99 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $83.29 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $116.39 | ↓ -99% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $10,554.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $10,554.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $12,400.95 | ↑ +28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $13,192.50 | ↑ +36% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $13,456.35 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,039.45 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $17,414.10 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $17,414.10 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $18,469.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,524.90 | ↑ +102% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19,524.90 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $20,052.60 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $20,844.15 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,746.50 | ↑ +145% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $25,593.45 | ↑ +164% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $26,385.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Dressing wound matrix 2x2in 25sqcm-q4108-cost per sq cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $9,788.84 | $18.85 – $23,746.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $24,714.20 | $16.65 – $171.13 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,555.40 | $18.85 – $8,140.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,256.35 | $18.85 – $8,140.86 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $18,433.69 | $18.02 – $176.69 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $9,706.23 | $21.49 – $108.53 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $11,419.10 | $42.45 – $167.67 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $9,706.23 | $21.55 – $98.23 |