Prothrombin time substitution plasma fractions each 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

$5.51

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.

$15.00

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.

$3.94 with Blue Shield CA vs $13.46 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.

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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
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3.94 ↓ -28%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -28%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -28%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3.94 ↓ -28%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4.18 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $4.33 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.73 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.73 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|HMO $4.73 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.73 ↓ -14%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $4.93 ↓ -11%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $4.93 ↓ -11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $5.03 ↓ -9%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $5.03 ↓ -9%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $5.03 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $5.03 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $5.03 ↓ -9%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $5.03 ↓ -9%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $5.03 ↓ -9%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $5.03 ↓ -9%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $5.03 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5.36 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.34 ↑ +15%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $6.73 ↑ +22%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $8.75 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.75 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $8.89 ↑ +61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9.43 ↑ +71%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $9.83 ↑ +78%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10.23 ↑ +86%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10.64 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.32 ↑ +105%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $11.32 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11.45 ↑ +108%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $12.12 ↑ +120%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.12 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13.46 ↑ +144%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $13.46 ↑ +144%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $13.46 ↑ +144%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13.46 ↑ +144%

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Prothrombin time substitution plasma fractions each at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5.57 $3.94 – $12.12
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.90 $3.64 – $10.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $34.57 $0.79 – $56.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5.65 $3.86 – $32.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.10 $3.94 – $10.15
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $29.40 $2.70 – $11.93
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5.65 $3.94 – $40.63
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5.65 $3.94 – $46.07

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