Tc-99m depreotide 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

$1,501.40

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.

$4,091.00

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.

$608.00 with LA Care vs $3,231.89 with MultiPlan — 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
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $608.00 ↓ -60%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $608.00 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $608.00 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $608.00 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $608.00 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $608.00 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $608.00 ↓ -60%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $608.00 ↓ -60%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $608.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $802.56 ↓ -47%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $854.24 ↓ -43%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $854.24 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,279.33 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|HMO $1,279.33 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,279.33 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,291.60 ↓ -14%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $1,465.28 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,495.22 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,738.65 ↑ +16%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $1,982.08 ↑ +32%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2,045.50 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,348.40 ↑ +56%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $2,659.15 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $2,700.06 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,863.70 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,109.16 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,231.89 ↑ +115%

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Tc-99m depreotide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,517.77 $608.00 – $3,272.80
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,521.48 $608.00 – $3,163.44
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,202.76 $608.00 – $3,354.62
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,106.87 $608.00 – $3,845.54
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $936.47 – $1,667.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $1,013.69 – $1,667.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $1,209.16 – $1,667.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $2,387.77 – $2,387.77

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