Target gsa panel hmtlmph neop 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

$811.07

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.

$2,210.00

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.

$759.53 with Humana vs $2,210.00 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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $759.53 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $759.53 ↓ -6%
United Medicare|All Plans $759.53 ↓ -6%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $759.53 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $759.53 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $759.53 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $759.53 ↓ -6%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $759.53 ↓ -6%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $759.53 ↓ -6%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $805.10 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $835.48 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $911.44 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|HMO $911.44 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Options PPO $911.44 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $911.44 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,032.96 ↑ +27%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,105.00 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,436.50 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $1,458.60 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,547.00 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,613.30 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,679.60 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,745.90 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,878.50 ↑ +132%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,182.60 ↑ +169%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,182.60 ↑ +169%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,210.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,210.00 ↑ +172%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,210.00 ↑ +172%

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Target gsa panel hmtlmph neop at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $819.91 $759.53 – $2,182.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,423.50 $432.00 – $2,015.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,315.55 $151.91 – $2,274.65
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,391.00 $90.00 – $1,956.99
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,731.60 $759.53 – $2,352.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,274.00 $48.60 – $2,300.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $649.74 $464.10 – $1,812.20
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $960.00 $8.25 – $1,519.06

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