Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) 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

$6.15

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.

$16.75

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.

$5.50 with Western Growers vs $72.64 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 $5.50 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.15 ↑ +16%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $7.15 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $7.26 ↑ +18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7.70 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $8.03 ↑ +31%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8.36 ↑ +36%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.69 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9.35 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.90 ↑ +61%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11.00 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.00 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $11.00 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $11.00 ↑ +79%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +79%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +79%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $11.00 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11.00 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11.00 ↑ +79%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $11.00 ↑ +79%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $11.00 ↑ +79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $11.00 ↑ +79%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.00 ↑ +79%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|HMO $11.00 ↑ +79%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +79%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +79%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $11.00 ↑ +79%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +79%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $11.00 ↑ +79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $11.00 ↑ +79%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↑ +79%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $11.66 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $12.10 ↑ +97%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.96 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $72.64 ↑ +1081%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $72.64 ↑ +1081%

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Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.22 $5.50 – $72.64
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4.82 $2.97 – $67.07
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.65 $5.05 – $37.08
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.69 $24.76 – $206.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.42 $5.50 – $65.13
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $241.76 $5.96 – $11.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $26.95 $2.97 – $76.56
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $51.69 $25.27 – $260.72

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