Trim nondyst nails 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

$56.52

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.

$154.00

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.

$75.47 with Humana vs $14,699.00 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 $75.47 ↑ +34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +34%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +34%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $75.47 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +34%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +34%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +34%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↑ +34%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $77.00 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $83.02 ↑ +47%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $83.02 ↑ +47%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $100.10 ↑ +77%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $102.64 ↑ +82%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $107.80 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $117.04 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $121.66 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $121.66 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $124.74 ↑ +121%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $141.68 ↑ +151%
United Commercial|HMO $152.46 ↑ +170%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $154.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $154.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $154.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $154.00 ↑ +172%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $438.00 ↑ +675%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $438.00 ↑ +675%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $898.00 ↑ +1489%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,871.00 ↑ +3210%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,123.00 ↑ +5425%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,643.00 ↑ +6346%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,362.00 ↑ +7618%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13,923.00 ↑ +24534%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14,699.00 ↑ +25907%

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Trim nondyst nails at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $75.47 – $75.47
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $38.18 $24.84 – $226.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $137.70 $79.50 – $1,687.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $41.30 $16.04 – $60.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $144.33 $83.76 – $2,747.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $130.05 $75.87 – $2,699.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $170.34 $79.48 – $721.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $185.64 $82.09 – $1,716.00

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