Insitu hybridization auto 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

$128.45

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.

$350.00

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.

$62.50 with Western Growers vs $457.06 with Health Net — 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $62.50 ↓ -51%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $81.25 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $82.50 ↓ -36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $87.50 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $91.25 ↓ -29%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $95.00 ↓ -26%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $96.07 ↓ -25%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $96.07 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $96.07 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $96.07 ↓ -25%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $96.07 ↓ -25%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $96.07 ↓ -25%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $96.07 ↓ -25%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $96.07 ↓ -25%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $96.07 ↓ -25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $98.75 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $106.25 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $125.00 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $125.00 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $125.00 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $125.00 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $125.00 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $125.00 ↓ -3%
United Medicare|All Plans $125.00 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|HMO $125.00 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Options PPO $125.00 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $125.00 ↓ -3%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $125.00 ↓ -3%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $125.00 ↓ -3%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $125.00 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $125.00 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $125.00 ↓ -3%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $125.00 ↓ -3%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $125.00 ↓ -3%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $125.00 ↓ -3%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $125.00 ↓ -3%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $125.00 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $137.50 ↑ +7%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $137.50 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $170.00 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $233.69 ↑ +82%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $233.69 ↑ +82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $457.06 ↑ +256%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $457.06 ↑ +256%

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Insitu hybridization auto at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $129.85 $62.50 – $233.69
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $105.50 $71.94 – $242.50
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $436.56 $483.05 – $862.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $55.64 $34.86 – $209.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $56.47 $21.94 – $84.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $50.96 $18.83 – $246.33
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $571.71 $508.94 – $1,089.77
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $441.15 $461.02 – $1,235.81

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