Evasc prlng admn rx agnt add 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

$1,128.16

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.

$3,074.00

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.

$188.38 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 $188.38 ↓ -83%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $188.38 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $188.38 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $188.38 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $188.38 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $188.38 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $188.38 ↓ -83%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $188.38 ↓ -83%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $188.38 ↓ -83%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $264.67 ↓ -77%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $264.67 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $454.00 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $614.12 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $898.00 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,472.02 ↑ +30%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,690.70 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,871.00 ↑ +66%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,998.10 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,151.80 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,336.24 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,428.46 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $2,489.94 ↑ +121%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,735.86 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|HMO $3,043.26 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,074.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,074.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,074.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,982.00 ↑ +342%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,793.00 ↑ +413%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,821.00 ↑ +593%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13,923.00 ↑ +1134%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14,699.00 ↑ +1203%

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Evasc prlng admn rx agnt add at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,140.46 $188.38 – $2,735.86
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,041.43 $285.00 – $7,197.06
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,031.76 $188.38 – $9,231.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,692.64 $188.38 – $9,231.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $894.35 $188.38 – $2,453.64
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $5,252.16 $1,597.00 – $5,357.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $9,273.76 $418.20 – $11,681.60
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,604.23 $188.38 – $3,083.85

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