Removal sutr or stapl no anes at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$19.46
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.
$53.00
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.
$26.50 with Western Growers vs $3,244.80 with BrightHealth — 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $26.50 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $34.45 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.10 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $40.28 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $41.87 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $41.87 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $42.93 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $42.93 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.76 | ↑ +151% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $52.47 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $53.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $53.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $53.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $438.00 | ↑ +2151% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $438.00 | ↑ +2151% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,244.80 | ↑ +16574% |
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Removal sutr or stapl no anes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $32.79 | $21.33 – $226.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $90.04 | $52.89 – $125.13 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $29.58 | $1,687.00 – $10,997.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $29.58 | $2,747.00 – $8,621.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $45.39 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $35.70 | $3,982.87 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $27.54 | $20,799.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $32.64 | $1,716.00 – $12,908.00 |