Vein x-ray liver without hemodyn 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

$899.15

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.

$2,450.00

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.

$622.64 with BCBS - Anthem vs $15,009.21 with Cigna — 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 Medicaid|All Plans $622.64 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $624.06 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $671.16 ↓ -25%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,189.00 ↑ +32%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,545.70 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $1,569.48 ↑ +75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,664.60 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,735.94 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,807.28 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,878.62 ↑ +109%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,021.30 ↑ +125%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
United Commercial|HMO $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $2,378.00 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $2,615.80 ↑ +191%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,615.80 ↑ +191%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,234.08 ↑ +260%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +345%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +345%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,009.21 ↑ +1569%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $15,009.21 ↑ +1569%

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Vein x-ray liver without hemodyn at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $908.95 $647.18 – $15,009.21
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $717.15 $10.49 – $6,985.01
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,141.43 $503.54 – $13,858.31
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $8,853.60 $4,200.00 – $4,200.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $8,853.60 $4,200.00 – $4,200.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $7,056.40 $2,856.00 – $2,856.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $7,056.40 $2,856.00 – $2,856.00
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $8,853.60 $4,200.00 – $4,200.00

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