Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session 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

$187.17

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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.

$510.00

Gross charge

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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.

$252.47 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,362.00 with Health Net — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $252.47 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +35%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +35%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +35%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +35%
United Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +35%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +35%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $255.00 ↑ +36%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $277.72 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $277.72 ↑ +48%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $331.50 ↑ +77%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $343.36 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $357.00 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $387.60 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $402.90 ↑ +115%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $402.90 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $413.10 ↑ +121%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $438.00 ↑ +134%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $438.00 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $469.20 ↑ +151%
United Commercial|HMO $504.90 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Options PPO $510.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $510.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $510.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $510.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,123.00 ↑ +1569%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,643.00 ↑ +1846%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,362.00 ↑ +2231%

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Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $170.29 $123.93 – $376.38
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $175.64 $90.18 – $453.26
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $168.92 $39.74 – $234.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $365.67 $270.38 – $275.89
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $237.54 $229.50 – $449.82
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $153.18 $51.23 – $194.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $217.56 $136.35 – $494.90
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $406.98 $284.87 – $1,333.00

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