Infect ag ia optc obs influenza at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$27.16
Cash price 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.
$74.00
Gross charge 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.
$8.85 with LA Care vs $71.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.85 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.85 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.85 | ↓ -67% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.85 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.85 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.85 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $8.85 | ↓ -67% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.85 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $8.85 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.68 | ↓ -57% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.43 | ↓ -54% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.43 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $16.55 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $16.55 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.55 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.55 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $16.55 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.55 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $16.55 | ↓ -39% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $16.55 | ↓ -39% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $16.55 | ↓ -39% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $17.54 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $18.21 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $19.86 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.86 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19.86 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $19.86 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $21.33 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $22.51 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $28.85 | ↑ +6% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $35.50 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $46.15 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $46.15 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $46.86 | ↑ +73% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.57 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $47.57 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $47.91 | ↑ +76% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $49.70 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $51.55 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $51.83 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $53.96 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $56.09 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $60.35 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63.90 | ↑ +135% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $71.00 | ↑ +161% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Infect ag ia optc obs influenza at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $27.46 | $8.85 – $56.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $70.08 | $13.39 – $124.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $34.68 | $16.22 – $73.37 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $94.58 | $8.85 – $134.26 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $194.82 | $16.55 – $92.72 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $41.69 | $7.30 – $58.40 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $56.61 | $16.55 – $41.94 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $59.39 | $8.85 – $165.64 |