Ins pm gen w/exist mlt leads at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$10,768.89
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.
$29,343.00
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.
$291.14 with Molina vs $32,955.28 with Kaiser — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $291.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $291.14 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $291.14 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $291.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $291.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $291.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $291.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $291.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $291.14 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $384.30 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $409.05 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $409.05 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $701.65 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $949.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $14,671.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $16,338.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $19,058.00 | ↑ +77% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $19,072.95 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $20,540.10 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $22,300.68 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,820.00 | ↑ +112% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $23,180.97 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $23,767.83 | ↑ +121% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +125% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +125% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +125% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +125% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +125% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +125% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +125% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $26,655.00 | ↑ +148% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $26,655.00 | ↑ +148% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $29,049.57 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29,343.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $29,343.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $29,343.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $32,955.28 | ↑ +206% |
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Ins pm gen w/exist mlt leads at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $291.14 – $24,231.82 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $10,877.73 | $440.46 – $46,866.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $10,986.34 | $291.14 – $25,155.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $12,172.39 | $291.14 – $30,430.96 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $23,962.86 | $5,592.00 – $89,248.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $8,284.92 | $291.14 – $27,058.16 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $19,013.28 | $5,171.00 – $45,831.45 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $14,712.52 | $291.14 – $28,282.32 |