Mayo angiotensin 1 converting enzyme (ace) csf 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

$7.34

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.

$20.00

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.

$2.50 with Western Growers vs $41.96 with Cigna — 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 $2.50 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.25 ↓ -56%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $3.25 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $3.30 ↓ -55%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3.50 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3.65 ↓ -50%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -48%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4.25 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.50 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.00 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.00 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $5.00 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $5.00 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5.00 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5.00 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $5.00 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5.00 ↓ -32%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $5.00 ↓ -32%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $5.00 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5.00 ↓ -32%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $5.00 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.00 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|HMO $5.00 ↓ -32%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -32%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $5.00 ↓ -32%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $5.00 ↓ -32%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $5.00 ↓ -32%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $5.00 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -32%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.00 ↓ -32%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.00 ↓ -32%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -32%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $5.50 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6.80 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $41.96 ↑ +472%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $41.96 ↑ +472%

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Mayo angiotensin 1 converting enzyme (ace) csf at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7.42 $2.50 – $41.96
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8.76 $1.35 – $38.74
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $4.38 $2.87 – $21.42
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $49.55 $14.31 – $119.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8.56 $2.50 – $37.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7.84 $1.35 – $44.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $49.55 $14.60 – $150.57
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $49.55 $14.60 – $170.75

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