Repair pm/icd lead sgl 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

$2,430.28

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.

$6,622.00

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.

$241.81 with Molina vs $24,345.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $241.81 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $241.81 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $241.81 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $241.81 ↓ -90%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $241.81 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $241.81 ↓ -90%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $241.81 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $241.81 ↓ -90%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $241.81 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $398.98 ↓ -84%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $535.56 ↓ -78%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $535.56 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $918.64 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,242.65 ↓ -49%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,311.00 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $4,304.30 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +90%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +90%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +90%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +90%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +90%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,635.40 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,982.00 ↑ +105%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,032.72 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $5,086.50 ↑ +109%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $5,086.50 ↑ +109%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,231.38 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $5,363.82 ↑ +121%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,793.00 ↑ +138%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,288.76 ↑ +159%
United Commercial|HMO $6,555.78 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,622.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,622.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,622.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,442.00 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,821.00 ↑ +222%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $7,830.00 ↑ +222%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,858.00 ↑ +223%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9,133.00 ↑ +276%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10,937.00 ↑ +350%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11,681.00 ↑ +381%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24,345.00 ↑ +902%

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Repair pm/icd lead sgl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $241.81 – $4,624.09
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,096.27 $297.43 – $8,410.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,445.92 $241.81 – $17,049.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,415.87 $241.81 – $16,039.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7,975.38 $5,305.96 – $27,307.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $6,647.34 $4,806.35 – $27,307.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,869.84 $241.81 – $5,342.40
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,202.00 $4,042.00 – $11,377.00

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