Tprnl plmt biodegrdabl matrl at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$5,242.60
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.
$14,285.00
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.
$3,480.63 with Kaiser vs $24,345.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 | $3,480.63 | ↓ -34% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,480.63 | ↓ -34% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,480.63 | ↓ -34% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,480.63 | ↓ -34% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,480.63 | ↓ -34% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,480.63 | ↓ -34% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,480.63 | ↓ -34% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,480.63 | ↓ -34% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,480.63 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,594.43 | ↓ -12% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,890.29 | ↓ -7% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,890.29 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,459.25 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,459.25 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,459.25 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,459.25 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6,459.25 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,459.25 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,459.25 | ↑ +23% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,459.25 | ↑ +23% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $6,459.25 | ↑ +23% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $6,459.25 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $7,105.18 | ↑ +36% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $7,105.18 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $7,830.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,856.75 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $8,388.32 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,784.58 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,133.00 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $9,285.25 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,999.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $10,856.60 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,937.00 | ↑ +109% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,285.15 | ↑ +115% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $11,346.85 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $11,570.85 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,681.00 | ↑ +123% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14,142.15 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,285.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14,285.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,285.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,345.00 | ↑ +364% |
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Tprnl plmt biodegrdabl matrl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,299.74 | $3,480.63 – $11,428.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,588.69 | $6,896.17 – $27,307.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,356.68 | $1,836.66 – $8,597.16 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $7,702.86 | $3,220.50 – $6,441.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $8,684.16 | $3,363.00 – $19,970.00 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $12,739.65 | $4,005.00 – $15,861.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $5,265.84 – $11,802.48 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $7,225.61 – $15,313.00 |