Relocation skin pocket aicd at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,744.72
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.
$4,754.00
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.
$423.80 with Molina vs $10,056.00 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.
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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $423.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $423.80 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $423.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $423.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $423.80 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $423.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $423.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $423.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $423.80 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $699.27 | ↓ -60% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $938.62 | ↓ -46% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $938.62 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,610.02 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,177.88 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,324.22 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,324.22 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,324.22 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,324.22 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,324.22 | ↑ +33% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,324.22 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,324.22 | ↑ +33% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,324.22 | ↑ +33% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,324.22 | ↑ +33% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,324.22 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,377.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,556.64 | ↑ +47% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,556.64 | ↑ +47% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,090.10 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,160.94 | ↑ +81% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,327.80 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,613.04 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,755.66 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $3,850.74 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↑ +123% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,706.46 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,754.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,754.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,754.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +203% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +211% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↑ +327% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +334% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +365% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↑ +476% |
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Relocation skin pocket aicd at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $423.80 – $2,324.22 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,630.68 | $521.27 – $4,331.90 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,448.16 | $423.80 – $5,605.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,215.20 | $423.80 – $5,537.98 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,730.03 | $2,929.57 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,679.03 | $2,653.72 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,661.10 | $423.80 – $4,746.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,545.92 | $2,870.98 – $5,318.00 |