Place device/marker, non pro at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,262.48
Cash price 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.
$3,440.00
Gross charge 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.
$127.31 with Care 1st vs $14,699.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.31 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.31 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.31 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $168.05 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $178.87 | ↓ -86% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $178.87 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $306.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $415.03 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↑ +38% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↑ +38% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↑ +38% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,738.51 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,738.51 | ↑ +38% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,892.00 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,912.36 | ↑ +51% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,912.36 | ↑ +51% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,236.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,364.37 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,408.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,614.40 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,717.60 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,786.40 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,405.60 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,440.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,440.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,440.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +1003% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +1064% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Place device/marker, non pro at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,276.24 | $127.31 – $2,752.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $938.16 | $127.31 – $1,802.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,366.91 | $1,925.97 – $1,965.27 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,389.76 | $1,513.19 – $3,293.41 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,895.20 | $127.31 – $1,636.26 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $3,115.60 | $127.31 – $11,167.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $1,868.78 | $114.58 – $4,346.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $3,682.70 | $1,780.22 – $4,751.00 |