30/100
#1,862 nationally
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34Th St, Bakersfield, CA 93301 · (661) 327-1792
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital billed $5.89 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 93
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #103
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
572 | $35,980 | $3,347 | +85% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
426 | $120,094 | $19,706 | +84% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
289 | $20,305 | $3,924 | -20% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
229 | $81,936 | $16,085 | +31% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
121 | $77,679 | $13,395 | +79% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
100 | $67,343 | $10,842 | +72% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $76,078 | $13,383 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $14,359 | $2,340 | +22% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $87,476 | $15,947 | +43% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $221,898 | $47,158 | +25% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$180,439 | $22,006 | +117% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$83,761 | $11,272 | +100% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$225,689 | $27,400 | +99% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$95,565 | $12,650 | +97% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$110,029 | $16,701 | +95% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$80,225 | $10,475 | +94% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,494 | $1,773 | +92% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$59,449 | $10,062 | +87% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,305 | $3,924 | -20% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay |
$181,178 | $50,622 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,211 | $1,796 | -18% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$165,288 | $43,002 | -10% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$93,815 | $18,461 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,951 | $840 | -6% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$141,302 | $29,017 | about average |
|
Amputation for Circulatory System Disorders Except Upper Limb and Toe with Major
MS-DRG 239 · Inpatient stay |
$202,313 | $42,741 | about average |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.