Rmvl icd gen w/rplc icd gen sgl lead sys 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

$27,680.61

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.

$75,424.00

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.

$301.56 with Molina vs $75,424.00 with United — 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 $301.56 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $301.56 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $301.56 ↓ -99%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $301.56 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $301.56 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $301.56 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $301.56 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $301.56 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $301.56 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $398.06 ↓ -99%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $423.69 ↓ -98%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $423.69 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $726.76 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $983.09 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3,891.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,982.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,793.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,239.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,588.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,821.00 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,109.00 ↓ -71%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $19,635.00 ↓ -29%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $22,903.00 ↓ -17%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $27,427.00 ↓ -1%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↑ +3%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↑ +3%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $28,520.13 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↑ +3%
United Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↑ +3%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↑ +3%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $28,520.13 ↑ +3%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↑ +3%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $28,520.13 ↑ +3%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $31,372.14 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $31,372.14 ↑ +13%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $37,712.00 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $38,787.38 ↑ +40%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $49,025.60 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $52,796.80 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $57,322.24 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $59,584.96 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $61,093.44 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $74,669.76 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Options PPO $75,424.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $75,424.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $75,424.00 ↑ +172%

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Rmvl icd gen w/rplc icd gen sgl lead sys at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $301.56 – $28,520.13
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29,632.89 $456.23 – $57,040.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $35,761.54 $301.56 – $81,883.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $33,117.34 $301.56 – $82,793.34
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $58,773.42 $6,200.00 – $113,226.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $33,080.64 $7,809.00 – $113,226.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $18,120.99 $301.56 – $51,774.24
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $34,027.71 $2,995.00 – $30,951.14

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