Ghs veeg 12-26 hr intmt mont 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

$663.17

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.

$1,807.00

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.

$653.24 with Care 1st vs $13,913.00 with United — 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 $653.24 ↓ -1%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $653.24 ↓ -1%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $653.24 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $653.24 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $653.24 ↓ -1%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $653.24 ↓ -1%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $653.24 ↓ -1%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $653.24 ↓ -1%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $653.24 ↓ -1%
United Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +2%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +2%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +2%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +2%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $674.18 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $674.18 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $741.60 ↑ +12%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $741.60 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $862.28 ↑ +30%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $903.50 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $916.88 ↑ +38%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $917.80 ↑ +38%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $917.80 ↑ +38%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,174.55 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $1,192.62 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,264.90 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,319.11 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,373.32 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,427.53 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,535.95 ↑ +132%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $1,574.31 ↑ +137%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,807.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,807.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,807.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|HMO $10,740.00 ↑ +1519%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,913.00 ↑ +1998%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13,913.00 ↑ +1998%

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Ghs veeg 12-26 hr intmt mont at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $670.40 $653.24 – $1,574.31
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $707.81 $436.32 – $1,260.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,402.50 $502.87 – $8,109.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $630.88 $653.24 – $1,444.52
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,278.57 $529.83 – $10,248.82
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,929.84 $479.94 – $11,622.23
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $821.10 $143.80 – $1,150.40
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,296.93 $11,649.38 – $11,649.38

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