Pr repair sprfcl wounds simple scalp/neck/axillae/gent/trunk/ext <= 2.5 cm 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

$239.66

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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.

$653.00

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.

$80.31 with LA Care vs $7,821.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $80.31 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $80.31 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $80.31 ↓ -66%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $80.31 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $80.31 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $80.31 ↓ -66%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $80.31 ↓ -66%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $80.31 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $80.31 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $132.51 ↓ -45%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $177.89 ↓ -26%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $177.89 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $252.47 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +5%
United Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +5%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +5%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +5%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $277.72 ↑ +16%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $277.72 ↑ +16%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $305.13 ↑ +27%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $326.50 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $343.36 ↑ +43%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $412.75 ↑ +72%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $424.45 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $457.10 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $496.28 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $515.87 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $528.93 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $646.47 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $653.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $653.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $653.00 ↑ +172%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $898.00 ↑ +275%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,871.00 ↑ +681%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,123.00 ↑ +1203%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,643.00 ↑ +1420%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +1503%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +1592%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,362.00 ↑ +1720%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,982.00 ↑ +1979%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,793.00 ↑ +2317%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,821.00 ↑ +3163%

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Pr repair sprfcl wounds simple scalp/neck/axillae/gent/trunk/ext <= 2.5 cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $80.31 – $305.13
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $311.67 $98.78 – $600.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,727.88 $270.38 – $1,687.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $93.24 $30.01 – $113.68
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,145.97 $284.87 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,312.74 $258.05 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $531.42 $270.32 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,316.31 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00

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