Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$14,893.60
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.
$40,582.00
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.
$821.29 with Molina vs $40,582.00 with United — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $821.29 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,355.13 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,829.38 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,829.38 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $3,137.94 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $4,244.68 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $9,411.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $9,641.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↓ -35% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↓ -35% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $10,605.58 | ↓ -29% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $10,605.58 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $10,977.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,631.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $13,112.36 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,145.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,561.00 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,561.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $16,348.00 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,009.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $20,291.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $25,662.00 | ↑ +72% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $26,378.30 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $28,407.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $30,842.32 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $32,059.78 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $32,871.42 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $39,364.54 | ↑ +164% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39,364.54 | ↑ +164% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $40,582.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Ablate heart dysrhythm focus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $9,175.23 | $792.50 – $20,948.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9,448.96 | $821.29 – $22,077.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8,383.71 | $821.29 – $20,959.26 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8,890.32 | $11,074.44 – $35,965.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $11,604.18 | $821.29 – $32,365.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $13,824.57 | $10,852.95 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,455.84 | $8,526.92 – $18,558.59 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $6,472.01 | $821.29 – $11,812.98 |