Acute venous thrombus image at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$733.64
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.
$1,999.00
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.
$213.21 with Care 1st vs $6,851.62 with Cigna — 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -71% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -71% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -71% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -71% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -71% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -71% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $213.21 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $281.44 | ↓ -62% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.56 | ↓ -59% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.56 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $513.84 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $695.06 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $801.69 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $862.21 | ↑ +18% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $999.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,205.99 | ↑ +64% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,299.35 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,319.34 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,399.30 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,401.65 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,519.24 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,579.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +126% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +126% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +126% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +126% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +126% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +126% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +126% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,824.61 | ↑ +149% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,824.61 | ↑ +149% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,892.48 | ↑ +158% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,999.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,999.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,999.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,999.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,255.89 | ↑ +207% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,851.62 | ↑ +834% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,851.62 | ↑ +834% |
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Acute venous thrombus image at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $741.63 | $213.21 – $6,851.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,656.34 | $213.21 – $3,920.98 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $553.61 | $213.21 – $1,826.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,113.43 | $213.21 – $1,089.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $945.26 | $213.21 – $4,347.16 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $926.96 – $2,035.50 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $1,171.45 – $2,035.50 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $1,328.43 – $2,035.50 |