Rmvl icd by tv extr 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

$2,374.49

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.

$6,470.00

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.

$626.73 with Care 1st vs $13,407.00 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.

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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
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $626.73 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $626.73 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $626.73 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $626.73 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $626.73 ↓ -74%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $626.73 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $626.73 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $626.73 ↓ -74%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $626.73 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,034.10 ↓ -56%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $1,388.08 ↓ -42%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $1,388.08 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $2,380.98 ↑ +0%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $3,220.75 ↑ +36%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,235.00 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $4,205.50 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,447.00 ↑ +87%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,529.00 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +95%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +95%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +95%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +95%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +95%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +95%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4,624.09 ↑ +95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,917.20 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $5,086.50 ↑ +114%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $5,086.50 ↑ +114%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,111.30 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $5,240.70 ↑ +121%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,288.76 ↑ +165%
United Commercial|HMO $6,405.30 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,470.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6,470.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,470.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,442.00 ↑ +213%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $7,830.00 ↑ +230%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,858.00 ↑ +231%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $8,541.00 ↑ +260%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $9,133.00 ↑ +285%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9,268.00 ↑ +290%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,931.00 ↑ +318%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $10,937.00 ↑ +361%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $13,407.00 ↑ +465%

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Rmvl icd by tv extr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $626.73 – $4,624.09
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,382.72 $770.88 – $8,410.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,331.98 $626.73 – $7,629.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,105.04 $626.73 – $7,762.58
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,701.29 $5,305.96 – $27,307.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,715.28 $4,806.35 – $27,307.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,681.39 $626.73 – $5,163.44
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,202.00 $3,423.00 – $11,377.00

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