Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$33.77
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$92.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$24.84 with Kern Health System vs $5,191.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.84 | ↓ -26% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.84 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↑ +12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $37.85 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↑ +12% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↑ +12% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $37.85 | ↑ +12% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $37.85 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.24 | ↑ +22% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $41.63 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $41.64 | ↑ +23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $50.60 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $51.48 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $55.20 | ↑ +63% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $59.80 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $64.40 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $65.32 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $68.08 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $69.92 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $71.76 | ↑ +112% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $72.68 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $75.44 | ↑ +123% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $75.44 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $82.80 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,134.00 | ↑ +12142% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,547.00 | ↑ +13365% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,191.00 | ↑ +15272% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,191.00 | ↑ +15272% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $34.14 | $24.84 – $75.44 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $38.95 | $37.85 – $89.18 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $47.96 | $18.63 – $70.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $35.68 | $24.57 – $89.18 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $29.70 | $21.21 – $82.82 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $80.92 | $24.96 – $101.92 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $54.08 | $35.89 – $89.10 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $56.70 | $40.93 – $128.11 |