Place slctv cath carotd art uni 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

$8,947.10

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.

$24,379.00

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.

$280.71 with Molina vs $16,334.00 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
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $280.71 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $280.71 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $280.71 ↓ -97%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $280.71 ↓ -97%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $280.71 ↓ -97%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $280.71 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $280.71 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $280.71 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $280.71 ↓ -97%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $394.40 ↓ -96%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $394.40 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $510.50 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $676.51 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $915.11 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,907.00 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,060.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,239.00 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $6,406.00 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,588.00 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -23%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -23%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -23%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,868.48 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,449.00 ↓ -17%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $7,555.33 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $7,555.33 ↓ -16%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $7,830.00 ↓ -12%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $8,983.70 ↑ +0%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9,133.00 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,341.13 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,056.00 ↑ +12%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $10,617.10 ↑ +19%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10,937.00 ↑ +22%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11,433.80 ↑ +28%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12,413.84 ↑ +39%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,903.86 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $13,230.54 ↑ +48%
United Commercial|HMO $16,170.66 ↑ +81%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16,334.00 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16,334.00 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16,334.00 ↑ +83%

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Place slctv cath carotd art uni at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6,059.92 $280.71 – $13,067.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,991.36 $424.68 – $12,900.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $13,226.34 $1,852.90 – $15,313.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12,327.26 $280.71 – $14,785.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11,290.39 $280.71 – $14,785.26
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,434.27 $2,500.73 – $27,307.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $9,208.05 $5,835.00 – $27,307.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $7,380.21 $5,981.00 – $36,398.00

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