Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i 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

$35,979.22

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.

$98,036.00

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.

$275.87 with Molina vs $98,036.00 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 $275.87 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $275.87 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $275.87 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $275.87 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $275.87 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $275.87 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $275.87 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $275.87 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $275.87 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $364.15 ↓ -99%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $387.60 ↓ -99%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $387.60 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $664.85 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $899.34 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,499.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,447.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,155.00 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11,460.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $16,348.00 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $19,009.00 ↓ -47%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $23,598.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $25,662.00 ↓ -29%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $27,528.00 ↓ -23%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $32,962.00 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +0%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +0%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +0%
United Medicare|All Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +0%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +0%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +0%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +0%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $36,121.04 ↑ +0%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $39,733.14 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $39,733.14 ↑ +10%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $49,018.00 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $49,124.61 ↑ +37%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $63,723.40 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $68,625.20 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $74,507.36 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $77,448.44 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $79,409.16 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $97,055.64 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Options PPO $98,036.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $98,036.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $98,036.00 ↑ +172%

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Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $275.87 – $36,121.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,895.47 $275.87 – $11,438.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,618.16 $275.87 – $11,781.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $36,843.93 $11,036.00 – $126,547.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $19,590.99 $275.87 – $55,974.24
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $32,159.07 $4,233.00 – $39,911.86
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $12,102.24 $9,779.00 – $68,249.43
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $54,038.44 $275.87 – $103,879.71

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