Wnd prep f/n/hf/g addl cm at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$479.31
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.
$1,306.00
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.
$100.15 with Care 1st vs $6,060.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $100.15 | ↓ -79% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $100.15 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $100.15 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $100.15 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $100.15 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $100.15 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $100.15 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $100.15 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $100.15 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $132.20 | ↓ -72% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $140.71 | ↓ -71% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $140.71 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $241.36 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $326.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $653.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $848.90 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $914.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $992.56 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,031.74 | ↑ +115% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,057.86 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,057.86 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,162.34 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,292.94 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,306.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,306.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,306.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +506% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,244.80 | ↑ +577% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +643% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +702% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +746% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +764% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +1067% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +1164% |
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Wnd prep f/n/hf/g addl cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $44.55 | $20.10 – $189.81 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $100.15 – $241.36 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $1,848.00 | not published |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $1,848.00 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,848.00 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,848.00 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,346.80 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,346.80 | not published |