Graft tis hmatrix dermis 10x5 -cost per sq cm 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

$16,366.37

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.

$44,595.00

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.

$3,902.50 with BCBS - Anthem vs $15,610.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $3,902.50 ↓ -76%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $4,526.90 ↓ -72%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $4,526.90 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $5,151.30 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $5,151.30 ↓ -69%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $6,244.00 ↓ -62%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $6,244.00 ↓ -62%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $7,336.70 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $7,492.80 ↓ -54%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $7,805.00 ↓ -52%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $7,961.10 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8,117.20 ↓ -50%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $8,897.70 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9,053.80 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,053.80 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10,302.60 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $10,302.60 ↓ -37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,927.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11,551.40 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11,551.40 ↓ -29%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $11,863.60 ↓ -28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,331.90 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $12,488.00 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14,049.00 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $14,517.30 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,517.30 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15,141.70 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15,610.00 ↓ -5%

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Graft tis hmatrix dermis 10x5 -cost per sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16,544.75 $4,526.90 – $14,049.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,555.62 $535.19 – $7,805.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $2,139.50 $660.00 – $2,695.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $9,186.57 $1,436.12 – $5,994.24
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $2,301.33 $204.75 – $770.25
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $2,653.10 $1,234.00 – $6,170.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,610.56 $160.06 – $322.54
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $2,412.47 $1,295.70 – $6,170.00

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