Static or dynami afo pre ots at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$412.88
Cash price 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.
$1,125.00
Gross charge 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.
$121.49 with Care 1st vs $665.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $121.49 | ↓ -71% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $121.49 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $121.49 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $121.49 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $121.49 | ↓ -71% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $121.49 | ↓ -71% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $121.49 | ↓ -71% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $121.49 | ↓ -71% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $121.49 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $160.37 | ↓ -61% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $166.25 | ↓ -60% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $166.25 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $219.45 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $219.45 | ↓ -47% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $266.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $266.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $312.55 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $319.20 | ↓ -23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $332.50 | ↓ -19% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $339.15 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $345.80 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $379.05 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $385.70 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $385.70 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $438.90 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $438.90 | ↑ +6% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $465.50 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $492.10 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $492.10 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $505.40 | ↑ +22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $525.35 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $532.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $598.50 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $618.45 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $618.45 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $645.05 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $665.00 | ↑ +61% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Static or dynami afo pre ots at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $417.38 | $121.49 – $598.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $264.60 | $121.49 – $532.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $743.77 | $165.23 – $936.88 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $463.50 | $61.18 – $255.36 |