Hc fl sm bowel enteroclss tube w kub double contrast 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

$1,389.83

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.

$3,787.00

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.

$226.19 with HPN vs $2,991.73 with MultiPlan — 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
HPN Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $226.19 ↓ -84%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -84%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $226.19 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $248.81 ↓ -82%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $248.81 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $307.62 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $398.61 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $401.74 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $463.28 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $480.49 ↓ -65%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $522.14 ↓ -62%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $522.14 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $522.14 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $522.14 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $522.14 ↓ -62%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $522.14 ↓ -62%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $522.14 ↓ -62%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $522.14 ↓ -62%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $522.14 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $567.57 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $610.41 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $625.52 ↓ -55%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $733.61 ↓ -47%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $733.61 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $936.54 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $936.54 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $1,258.36 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,702.18 ↑ +22%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,893.50 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $2,461.55 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $2,499.42 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,650.90 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,878.12 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,991.73 ↑ +115%

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Hc fl sm bowel enteroclss tube w kub double contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,404.98 $226.19 – $3,029.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,993.59 $249.04 – $387.19
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $970.53 $440.11 – $440.11
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,071.34 $214.68 – $1,507.98
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $931.68 $191.76 – $417.35
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,131.07 $226.19 – $1,785.06
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,728.97 $226.19 – $6,197.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $2,747.53 $226.19 – $4,475.35

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