Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 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

$722.99

Cash price

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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.

$1,970.00

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.

$152.94 with Molina vs $6,060.00 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
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $152.94 ↓ -79%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $152.94 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $152.94 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $152.94 ↓ -79%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $152.94 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $152.94 ↓ -79%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $152.94 ↓ -79%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $152.94 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $152.94 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $175.93 ↓ -76%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $236.15 ↓ -67%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $236.15 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $405.07 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $547.94 ↓ -24%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $846.45 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
United Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $983.38 ↑ +36%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $983.38 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,000.35 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,077.30 ↑ +49%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,169.64 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,215.81 ↑ +68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,215.81 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $1,246.59 ↑ +72%
United Commercial|HMO $1,523.61 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,539.00 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,539.00 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,539.00 ↑ +113%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,907.00 ↑ +302%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +393%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,753.00 ↑ +419%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +473%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,377.00 ↑ +505%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,242.00 ↑ +625%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,281.00 ↑ +630%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,576.00 ↑ +671%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +673%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,060.00 ↑ +738%

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Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $570.97 $152.94 – $1,231.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $533.05 $188.12 – $1,628.92
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,313.76 $954.29 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,851.10 $152.94 – $4,036.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,627.59 $152.94 – $3,432.94
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,461.15 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,975.23 $910.78 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $797.64 $954.10 – $5,198.77

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