Peri-proc device eval icd 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

$21.66

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.

$59.00

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.

$29.50 with Western Growers vs $14,561.00 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $29.50 ↑ +36%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $31.19 ↑ +44%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $31.19 ↑ +44%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $31.19 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $31.19 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $31.19 ↑ +44%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $31.19 ↑ +44%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $31.19 ↑ +44%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $31.19 ↑ +44%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $31.19 ↑ +44%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $38.35 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $41.17 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $41.30 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $43.07 ↑ +99%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $43.82 ↑ +102%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $43.82 ↑ +102%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $44.84 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $46.61 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $47.79 ↑ +121%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $50.15 ↑ +132%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $59.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $59.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $59.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $59.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|HMO $11,631.00 ↑ +53598%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14,561.00 ↑ +67125%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14,561.00 ↑ +67125%

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Peri-proc device eval icd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $49.94 $30.78 – $88.92
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $19.11 $13.65 – $65.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $348.84 $78.66 – $97.20
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $66.24 $76.56 – $152.12
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $33.48 $31.19 – $65.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $90.30 $74.58 – $74.58
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $53.51 $31.19 – $19,277.00
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $382.67 $28.07 – $623.31

All California hospitals for this procedure →