Vaccine dtap < 7 years im 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

$46.98

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.

$128.00

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.

$41.43 with BCBS - Anthem vs $105.14 with Health Net — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $41.43 ↓ -12%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $42.25 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $42.58 ↓ -9%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $43.20 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $44.28 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.28 ↓ -6%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $44.70 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $44.70 ↓ -5%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $45.31 ↓ -4%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $45.31 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $48.18 ↑ +3%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $54.00 ↑ +15%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $54.35 ↑ +16%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $55.08 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Options PPO $58.38 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|HMO $58.38 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $58.91 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $61.69 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $65.08 ↑ +39%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $65.22 ↑ +39%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $75.60 ↑ +61%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $77.72 ↑ +65%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $82.08 ↑ +75%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $85.32 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $87.48 ↑ +86%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $105.14 ↑ +124%

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Vaccine dtap < 7 years im at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $47.49 $16.84 – $86.40
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $23.41 $36.10 – $209.15
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $52.08 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $74.46 $25.92 – $74.88
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $52.08 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $52.08 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $52.08 not published
Fremont Medical Center FREMONT $52.08 not published

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