Lacer molded to patient mode 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

$1,541.40

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.

$4,200.00

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.

$281.25 with Kern Health System vs $1,125.00 with Aetna — 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
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $281.25 ↓ -82%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $281.25 ↓ -82%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $296.25 ↓ -81%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $296.25 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $296.25 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $296.25 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $296.25 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $296.25 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $296.25 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $296.25 ↓ -81%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $296.25 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $371.25 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $371.25 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $391.05 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $450.00 ↓ -71%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $450.00 ↓ -71%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $528.75 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $540.00 ↓ -65%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $562.50 ↓ -64%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $573.75 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $585.00 ↓ -62%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $641.25 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Options PPO $652.50 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $652.50 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $742.50 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $742.50 ↓ -52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $787.50 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $832.50 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $832.50 ↓ -46%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $855.00 ↓ -45%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $888.75 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $900.00 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,012.50 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,046.25 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,046.25 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,091.25 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,125.00 ↓ -27%

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Lacer molded to patient mode at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,558.20 $281.25 – $1,012.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $864.36 $234.00 – $900.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $865.20 $103.50 – $432.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $601.62 – $1,113.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank not published $601.62 – $1,113.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange not published $511.38 – $1,113.00
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills not published $601.62 – $1,113.00
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro not published $601.62 – $1,113.00

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