Ablate pulm tumor perq rf at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$5,399.68
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.
$14,713.00
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.
$2,589.72 with Molina vs $15,054.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -52% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -52% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -52% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -52% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -52% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -52% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,589.72 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,418.43 | ↓ -37% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,638.56 | ↓ -33% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,638.56 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $6,241.23 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +37% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +37% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,442.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $7,830.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,839.15 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,858.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +50% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $8,154.45 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $8,154.45 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $8,442.49 | ↑ +56% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,133.00 | ↑ +69% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $9,264.45 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9,590.00 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,977.10 | ↑ +85% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10,081.87 | ↑ +87% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $10,832.28 | ↑ +101% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,937.00 | ↑ +103% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,151.00 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,259.87 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $11,544.93 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14,110.47 | ↑ +161% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,253.00 | ↑ +164% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14,253.00 | ↑ +164% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,253.00 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15,054.00 | ↑ +179% |
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Ablate pulm tumor perq rf at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,458.53 | $2,589.72 – $11,402.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $9,475.26 | $3,917.99 – $16,873.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,601.05 | $2,589.72 – $15,114.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,045.82 | $2,589.72 – $15,114.54 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,394.42 | $1,416.24 – $6,744.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $9,123.84 | $6,609.22 – $14,384.78 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $7,468.02 | $2,589.72 – $6,244.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $9,143.55 | $2,589.72 – $25,088.80 |