Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$6,218.82
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.
$16,945.00
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.
$3,891.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $17,990.76 with Kaiser — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $5,758.36 | ↓ -7% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $5,758.36 | ↓ -7% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $5,758.36 | ↓ -7% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $5,758.36 | ↓ -7% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $5,758.36 | ↓ -7% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $5,758.36 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $5,758.36 | ↓ -7% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $5,758.36 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $5,758.36 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,442.00 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $7,601.04 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $7,830.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,858.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $8,090.50 | ↑ +30% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $8,090.50 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,133.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $9,319.75 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9,590.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,937.00 | ↑ +76% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $11,014.25 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,151.00 | ↑ +79% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,861.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12,878.20 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↑ +113% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↑ +113% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↑ +113% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↑ +113% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↑ +113% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13,228.50 | ↑ +113% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↑ +113% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $13,228.50 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,386.55 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $13,725.45 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $13,877.65 | ↑ +123% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $14,551.35 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $14,551.35 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15,054.00 | ↑ +142% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16,775.55 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,945.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $16,945.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $16,945.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $16,945.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $17,990.76 | ↑ +189% |
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Ablate pulm tumor perq crybl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $6,286.60 | $5,758.36 – $13,877.65 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,898.16 | $3,019.41 – $13,082.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,291.65 | $5,758.36 – $18,985.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,594.22 | $5,230.71 – $18,985.54 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,738.70 | $1,643.25 – $7,825.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,270.56 | $2,995.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $10,138.08 | $6,920.00 – $16,652.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $8,878.60 | $3,711.00 – $7,422.00 |