Ultrasound pregnant uterus limited >= 1 fetuses 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

$253.23

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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.

$690.00

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.

$90.30 with LA Care vs $646.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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

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 $90.30 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $90.30 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $90.30 ↓ -64%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $90.30 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $90.30 ↓ -64%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $90.30 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $90.30 ↓ -64%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $90.30 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $90.30 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $119.20 ↓ -53%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $126.87 ↓ -50%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $126.87 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -47%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -47%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -47%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -47%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -47%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $148.63 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $148.63 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $183.76 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $217.62 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $240.24 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $258.37 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $294.38 ↑ +16%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $323.00 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $413.27 ↑ +63%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $419.90 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $426.36 ↑ +68%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $452.20 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $480.32 ↑ +90%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $490.96 ↑ +94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $510.34 ↑ +102%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $570.84 ↑ +125%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $570.84 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $646.00 ↑ +155%

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Ultrasound pregnant uterus limited >= 1 fetuses at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $255.99 $90.30 – $570.84
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $316.65 $4.79 – $333.70
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $289.08 $135.12 – $527.07
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $604.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $604.80 $142.00 – $142.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $504.40 $96.00 – $96.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $504.40 $96.00 – $96.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $578.55 $21.27 – $714.89

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