Routine footcare pt w lops 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

$86.62

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.

$236.00

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.

$118.00 with Western Growers vs $14,699.00 with Aetna — 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
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $118.00 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $153.40 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $165.20 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $179.36 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $186.44 ↑ +115%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $186.44 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $191.16 ↑ +121%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $217.12 ↑ +151%
United Commercial|HMO $233.64 ↑ +170%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $236.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $236.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $236.00 ↑ +172%
United Medicare|All Plans $236.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $236.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $236.00 ↑ +172%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $236.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $236.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $236.00 ↑ +172%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $236.00 ↑ +172%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $236.00 ↑ +172%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $236.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +191%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $252.47 ↑ +191%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $259.60 ↑ +200%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $259.60 ↑ +200%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $320.96 ↑ +271%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $438.00 ↑ +406%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $438.00 ↑ +406%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13,923.00 ↑ +15974%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14,699.00 ↑ +16870%

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Routine footcare pt w lops at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $470.40 not published
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $470.40 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $470.40 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $470.40 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $223.08 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $223.08 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $470.40 not published
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $223.08 not published

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