Ep induct arrhy by elect pacing 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

$908.70

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.

$2,476.00

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.

$203.02 with Care 1st 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.

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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 $203.02 ↓ -78%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $203.02 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $203.02 ↓ -78%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $203.02 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $203.02 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $203.02 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $203.02 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $203.02 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $203.02 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $334.98 ↓ -63%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $452.23 ↓ -50%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $452.23 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $775.71 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,049.30 ↑ +15%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,238.00 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +70%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +70%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +70%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +70%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,542.50 ↑ +70%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,609.40 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $1,696.75 ↑ +87%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,696.75 ↑ +87%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,733.20 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,881.76 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,956.04 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $2,005.56 ↑ +121%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,097.80 ↑ +131%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,401.72 ↑ +164%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,401.72 ↑ +164%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,476.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +292%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +356%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +515%
United Commercial|HMO $11,631.00 ↑ +1180%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13,923.00 ↑ +1432%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14,561.00 ↑ +1502%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14,561.00 ↑ +1502%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14,699.00 ↑ +1518%

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Ep induct arrhy by elect pacing at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,129.17 $249.71 – $2,803.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,221.94 $203.02 – $2,855.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,086.63 $203.02 – $2,716.56
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $727.95 $203.02 – $2,030.32
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,758.24 $1,331.06 – $3,281.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,275.14 $203.02 – $2,476.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $895.87 $203.02 – $4,018.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,269.80 $352.75 – $2,719.00

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