Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$282.96
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.
$771.00
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.
$96.50 with Western Growers vs $4,362.00 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.
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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $96.50 | ↓ -66% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $125.45 | ↓ -56% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $135.10 | ↓ -52% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $146.68 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $152.47 | ↓ -46% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $152.47 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $156.33 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $177.56 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $191.07 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $193.00 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $212.30 | ↓ -25% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $212.30 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $252.47 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $262.48 | ↓ -7% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $438.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $438.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,123.00 | ↑ +1004% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,643.00 | ↑ +1187% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,362.00 | ↑ +1442% |
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Wound therapy negative pressure per session <= 50 sq cm dme at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $210.73 | $252.47 – $454.40 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $154.50 | $21.51 – $1,226.73 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $565.60 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $327.63 | $35.18 – $453.26 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $565.60 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $565.60 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $565.60 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $276.12 | not published |