Ins lv lead exist pm/icd 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

$22,624.45

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.

$61,647.00

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.

$279.60 with Molina vs $61,647.00 with United — 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 $279.60 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $279.60 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $279.60 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $279.60 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $279.60 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $279.60 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $279.60 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $279.60 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $279.60 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $369.07 ↓ -98%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $392.84 ↓ -98%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $392.84 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $673.84 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $911.50 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,891.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,239.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,588.00 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,109.00 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $9,248.00 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10,754.00 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -41%
United Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -41%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -41%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -41%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13,297.25 ↓ -41%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $13,593.00 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,518.00 ↓ -36%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $14,626.98 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $14,626.98 ↓ -35%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $15,857.00 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18,084.26 ↓ -20%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $18,987.00 ↓ -16%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $30,823.50 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $40,070.55 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $43,152.90 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $46,851.72 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $48,701.13 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $49,934.07 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $61,030.53 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Options PPO $61,647.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $61,647.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $61,647.00 ↑ +172%

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Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $279.60 – $13,297.25
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $15,211.74 $423.01 – $27,089.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22,068.97 $279.60 – $50,531.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $20,566.68 $279.60 – $51,416.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $33,111.75 $7,483.00 – $62,607.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $9,084.60 $279.60 – $25,956.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $15,113.85 $2,995.00 – $20,488.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $11,028.00 $6,920.00 – $24,869.57

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