Ins/rpl pm gen exist sgl lead 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

$10,879.35

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.

$29,644.00

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.

$338.78 with Kaiser vs $29,644.00 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
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $338.78 ↓ -97%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $338.78 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $338.78 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $338.78 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $338.78 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $338.78 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $338.78 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $338.78 ↓ -97%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $338.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $558.99 ↓ -95%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $750.33 ↓ -93%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $750.33 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $1,287.04 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,740.97 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,239.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,588.00 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -3%
United Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -3%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -3%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -3%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -3%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10,515.46 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $11,033.00 ↑ +1%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $11,310.00 ↑ +4%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $11,567.01 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $11,567.01 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11,681.00 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12,829.00 ↑ +18%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $13,193.00 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14,301.03 ↑ +31%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $14,822.00 ↑ +36%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $15,799.00 ↑ +45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17,319.00 ↑ +59%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $19,268.60 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $20,750.80 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $22,529.44 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $23,418.76 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $24,011.64 ↑ +121%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24,345.00 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|HMO $29,347.56 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $29,644.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $29,644.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $29,644.00 ↑ +172%

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Ins/rpl pm gen exist sgl lead at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $338.78 – $10,515.46
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $9,930.34 $416.70 – $20,488.56
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9,845.72 $338.78 – $22,543.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8,908.20 $338.78 – $22,270.50
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $21,783.63 $11,749.91 – $46,622.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8,370.18 $338.78 – $23,914.80
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $11,231.04 $8,912.00 – $20,774.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $14,863.42 $338.78 – $28,572.39

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