Perq art m-thrombect &/nfs 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

$4,700.54

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.

$12,808.00

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.

$662.32 with Care 1st vs $14,971.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $662.32 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $662.32 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $662.32 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $662.32 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $662.32 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $662.32 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $662.32 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $662.32 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $662.32 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $874.26 ↓ -81%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $930.56 ↓ -80%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $930.56 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $1,596.19 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $2,159.16 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $6,406.00 ↑ +36%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $7,044.40 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7,183.00 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,449.00 ↑ +58%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $8,325.20 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,965.60 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,734.08 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,056.00 ↑ +114%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,118.32 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $10,374.48 ↑ +121%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $11,399.12 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12,003.00 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12,671.00 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|HMO $12,679.92 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12,808.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12,808.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12,808.00 ↑ +172%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14,971.00 ↑ +218%

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Perq art m-thrombect &/nfs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $662.32 – $1,596.19
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $12,246.05 $1,002.02 – $21,808.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,584.61 $7,745.00 – $15,790.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,761.15 $662.32 – $10,746.12
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $6,597.60 $4,666.00 – $14,805.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,551.34 $478.56 – $1,994.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $6,742.38 $662.32 – $12,961.08
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $11,606.96 $662.32 – $41,602.00

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