Ghs closure surg wound/dehiscence-13160 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

$2,180.72

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.

$5,942.00

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.

$629.30 with LA Care 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $629.30 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $629.30 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $629.30 ↓ -71%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $629.30 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $629.30 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $629.30 ↓ -71%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $629.30 ↓ -71%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $629.30 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $629.30 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,038.34 ↓ -52%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $1,393.75 ↓ -36%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $1,393.75 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2,324.22 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,324.22 ↑ +7%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,324.22 ↑ +7%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,324.22 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,324.22 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,324.22 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,324.22 ↑ +7%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,324.22 ↑ +7%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,324.22 ↑ +7%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $2,324.22 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $2,390.70 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $2,556.64 ↑ +17%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,556.64 ↑ +17%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,971.00 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,160.94 ↑ +45%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $3,233.89 ↑ +48%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $3,862.30 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,891.00 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,159.40 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,515.92 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,694.18 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $4,813.02 ↑ +121%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,982.00 ↑ +128%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,281.00 ↑ +142%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $5,420.00 ↑ +149%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,576.00 ↑ +156%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,793.00 ↑ +166%
United Commercial|HMO $5,882.58 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,942.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,942.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,942.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $6,323.00 ↑ +190%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $7,572.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,821.00 ↑ +259%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,109.00 ↑ +272%

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Ghs closure surg wound/dehiscence-13160 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $629.30 – $2,390.70
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,550.18 $226.00 – $4,916.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,494.52 $2,570.00 – $4,873.02
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,421.25 $552.07 – $2,091.32
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,885.18 $5,031.60 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,908.64 $4,557.82 – $9,858.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,121.09 $3,125.00 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,308.26 $8,005.00 – $25,998.00

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