I-123 sod iodide diag per 100 uci 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

$156.35

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.

$426.00

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.

$42.00 with Western Growers vs $84.00 with Health Net — 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $42.00 ↓ -73%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $54.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $55.44 ↓ -65%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $58.80 ↓ -62%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $63.84 ↓ -59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $66.36 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $68.88 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $79.80 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $84.00 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $84.00 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $84.00 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $84.00 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $84.00 ↓ -46%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $84.00 ↓ -46%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $84.00 ↓ -46%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $84.00 ↓ -46%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $84.00 ↓ -46%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $84.00 ↓ -46%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $84.00 ↓ -46%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $84.00 ↓ -46%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $84.00 ↓ -46%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $84.00 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $84.00 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|HMO $84.00 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Options PPO $84.00 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $84.00 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $84.00 ↓ -46%

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I-123 sod iodide diag per 100 uci at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $158.05 $42.00 – $84.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $136.66 $81.10 – $243.36
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $193.07 $113.57 – $268.69
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $169.92 $51.38 – $389.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $409.59 $89.33 – $513.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $146.22 $51.38 – $365.54
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $190.52 $17.64 – $357.80
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $252.85 $78.00 – $318.50

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