Replace duod/jej tube perc 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

$966.32

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.

$2,633.00

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.

$677.96 with Partnership Health Plan vs $8,109.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $677.96 ↓ -30%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $677.96 ↓ -30%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $677.96 ↓ -30%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $677.96 ↓ -30%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $677.96 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $677.96 ↓ -30%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $677.96 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $677.96 ↓ -30%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $677.96 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $894.91 ↓ -7%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $952.53 ↓ -1%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $952.53 ↓ -1%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,033.45 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +23%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +23%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +23%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +23%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +23%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,221.35 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $1,310.39 ↑ +36%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,310.39 ↑ +36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,315.30 ↑ +36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,428.04 ↑ +48%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,484.41 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $1,521.99 ↑ +58%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,620.11 ↑ +68%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $1,633.88 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|HMO $1,860.21 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,879.00 ↑ +94%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,879.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,879.00 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,879.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +298%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,891.00 ↑ +303%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +320%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $4,511.00 ↑ +367%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,982.00 ↑ +416%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $5,261.00 ↑ +444%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,793.00 ↑ +499%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $6,300.00 ↑ +552%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,821.00 ↑ +709%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,109.00 ↑ +739%

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Replace duod/jej tube perc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $957.56 $677.96 – $1,633.88
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $559.77 $345.06 – $2,072.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,671.27 $1,222.26 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $919.35 $677.96 – $2,076.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,007.44 $523.53 – $1,900.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,858.44 $1,287.79 – $7,483.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,143.53 $1,166.53 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,209.72 $1,222.02 – $3,982.87

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