Rmvl subq card rhythm mntr 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

$909.80

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.

$2,479.00

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.

$115.41 with Molina vs $11,460.00 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 $115.41 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $115.41 ↓ -87%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $115.41 ↓ -87%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $115.41 ↓ -87%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $115.41 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $115.41 ↓ -87%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $115.41 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $115.41 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $115.41 ↓ -87%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $162.15 ↓ -82%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $162.15 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $278.14 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $376.24 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $401.10 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $893.98 ↓ -2%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -2%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -2%
United Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -2%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -2%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -2%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -2%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $893.98 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $983.38 ↑ +8%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $983.38 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,215.81 ↑ +34%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,239.50 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,611.35 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,735.30 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,884.04 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,958.41 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $2,007.99 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $2,454.21 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,479.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,479.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,479.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,753.00 ↑ +313%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +322%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +346%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,377.00 ↑ +381%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,982.00 ↑ +448%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,242.00 ↑ +476%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,499.00 ↑ +504%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,793.00 ↑ +537%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,821.00 ↑ +760%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11,460.00 ↑ +1160%

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Rmvl subq card rhythm mntr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $115.41 – $893.98
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,181.29 $174.60 – $2,103.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,054.83 $115.41 – $4,704.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,920.02 $115.41 – $4,800.04
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,226.66 $1,005.45 – $10,575.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,579.98 $910.78 – $11,036.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,840.08 $3,331.00 – $20,799.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,199.31 $115.41 – $9,140.88

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