Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval 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

$21,010.75

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.

$57,250.00

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.

$417.72 with Molina vs $57,250.00 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 $417.72 ↓ -98%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $417.72 ↓ -98%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $417.72 ↓ -98%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $417.72 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $417.72 ↓ -98%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $417.72 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $417.72 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $417.72 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $417.72 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $551.39 ↓ -97%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $586.90 ↓ -97%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $586.90 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $1,006.71 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,361.77 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,499.00 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $6,406.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,442.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,449.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,858.00 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,056.00 ↓ -52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11,460.00 ↓ -45%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $16,338.00 ↓ -22%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $19,058.00 ↓ -9%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $22,820.00 ↑ +9%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↑ +15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↑ +15%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $24,231.82 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↑ +15%
United Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↑ +15%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↑ +15%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $24,231.82 ↑ +15%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $24,231.82 ↑ +15%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $26,655.00 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $26,655.00 ↑ +27%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $31,487.50 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $32,955.28 ↑ +57%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $37,212.50 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40,075.00 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $43,510.00 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $45,227.50 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $46,372.50 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $56,677.50 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Options PPO $57,250.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $57,250.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $57,250.00 ↑ +172%

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Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $417.72 – $24,231.82
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17,482.34 $631.97 – $43,115.78
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $27,923.15 $417.72 – $63,936.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $25,574.48 $417.72 – $63,936.18
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $24,293.85 $7,745.00 – $89,248.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $27,480.84 $9,008.00 – $89,248.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $16,491.05 $417.72 – $47,117.28
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $23,344.74 $4,233.00 – $26,801.96

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