Facial bones <3 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$194.51
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.
$530.00
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.
$37.27 with Kaiser vs $424.11 with Cigna — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.27 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.20 | ↓ -75% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $52.36 | ↓ -73% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $52.36 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $82.37 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $88.59 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $89.82 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -42% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -42% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $121.50 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $123.07 | ↓ -37% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $123.07 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $152.16 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $188.12 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $218.64 | ↑ +12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $265.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $295.20 | ↑ +52% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $344.50 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $349.80 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $371.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $402.80 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $418.70 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $424.11 | ↑ +118% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $424.11 | ↑ +118% |
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Facial bones <3 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $196.63 | $37.27 – $424.11 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $313.61 | $56.38 – $558.48 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $174.50 | $17.61 – $258.02 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $912.39 | $112.23 – $144.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $254.66 | $37.27 – $488.04 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $422.25 | $37.27 – $155.82 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $203.06 | $37.27 – $447.03 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,069.47 | $123.56 – $182.73 |