Hla ii typing 1 loc hr 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

$91.75

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.

$250.00

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.

$109.94 with Molina vs $355.40 with Cigna — 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 $109.94 ↑ +20%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $109.94 ↑ +20%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $109.94 ↑ +20%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $109.94 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $109.94 ↑ +20%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $109.94 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $109.94 ↑ +20%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $109.94 ↑ +20%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $109.94 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $123.68 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $123.68 ↑ +35%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $123.68 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $123.68 ↑ +35%
United Medicare|All Plans $123.68 ↑ +35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $123.68 ↑ +35%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $123.68 ↑ +35%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $123.68 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $123.68 ↑ +35%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $125.00 ↑ +36%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $131.10 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $136.05 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $145.12 ↑ +58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $148.42 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|HMO $148.42 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|Options PPO $148.42 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $148.42 ↑ +62%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $154.47 ↑ +68%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $154.47 ↑ +68%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $162.50 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $165.00 ↑ +80%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $168.20 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $175.00 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $182.50 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $190.00 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $197.50 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $212.50 ↑ +132%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $248.24 ↑ +171%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $250.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $250.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $250.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $250.00 ↑ +172%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $355.40 ↑ +287%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $355.40 ↑ +287%

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Hla ii typing 1 loc hr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $92.75 $109.94 – $355.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $116.51 $71.82 – $328.15
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $26.14 $121.21 – $658.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $151.94 $62.50 – $318.67
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $166.50 $67.67 – $123.68
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $139.16 $33.75 – $374.62
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $26.14 $123.68 – $831.83
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $26.14 $123.68 – $1,572.19

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