Therapy nutrition individual reassessment/intervention f2f w/patient each 15 minutes 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

$65.33

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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.

$178.00

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.

$26.11 with LA Care vs $14,561.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $26.11 ↓ -60%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $26.11 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $26.11 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $26.11 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $26.11 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $26.11 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $26.11 ↓ -60%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $26.11 ↓ -60%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $26.11 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $34.47 ↓ -47%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $34.70 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $34.70 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $34.70 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $34.70 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $34.70 ↓ -47%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $34.70 ↓ -47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $34.70 ↓ -47%
United Medicare|All Plans $34.70 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $34.70 ↓ -47%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $34.70 ↓ -47%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $36.68 ↓ -44%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $36.68 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $38.17 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $47.19 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $62.93 ↓ -4%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $85.12 ↑ +30%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $89.00 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $115.70 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $124.60 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $135.28 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $140.62 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $144.18 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $178.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|HMO $11,631.00 ↑ +17703%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14,561.00 ↑ +22188%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14,561.00 ↑ +22188%

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Therapy nutrition individual reassessment/intervention f2f w/patient each 15 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $68.91 $26.11 – $157.78
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $129.21 $9.32 – $35.28
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $186.15 $22.79 – $22.79
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $164.73 $22.33 – $22.79
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $80.64 $20.10 – $43.75
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $27.23 $8.40 – $35.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $83.70 $26.11 – $158.10
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $15.26 $18.76 – $32.62

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