Ther/proph/diag inj ia at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$136.90
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.
$373.00
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.
$18.25 with Kaiser vs $12,607.00 with Cigna — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.25 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.25 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.25 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.99 | ↓ -85% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $28.34 | ↓ -79% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $28.34 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $48.61 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $65.75 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $99.79 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $107.19 | ↓ -22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $186.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $238.72 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $242.45 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $261.10 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +96% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +96% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +96% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +96% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +96% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $267.70 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $283.48 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $294.47 | ↑ +115% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $294.47 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $294.67 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $335.70 | ↑ +145% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $364.07 | ↑ +166% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $373.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $373.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $373.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $373.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,105.00 | ↑ +707% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,631.00 | ↑ +1822% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,760.00 | ↑ +1916% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,130.00 | ↑ +2917% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $12,607.00 | ↑ +9109% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,607.00 | ↑ +9109% |
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Ther/proph/diag inj ia at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $239.59 | $22.45 – $1,951.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $419.22 | $286.64 – $292.49 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $429.64 | $18.25 – $1,654.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $400.86 | $302.01 – $302.01 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $393.72 | $273.57 – $273.57 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $210.63 | $286.58 – $286.58 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $263.67 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $114.37 | $15.90 – $1,266.00 |