An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$260.21
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.
$709.00
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.
$333.30 with Western Growers vs $9,268.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $333.30 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $341.03 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $341.03 | ↑ +31% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $341.03 | ↑ +31% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $341.03 | ↑ +31% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $341.03 | ↑ +31% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $341.03 | ↑ +31% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $341.03 | ↑ +31% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $341.03 | ↑ +31% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $341.03 | ↑ +31% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $393.90 | ↑ +51% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $424.20 | ↑ +63% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $460.56 | ↑ +77% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $478.74 | ↑ +84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $479.15 | ↑ +84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $479.15 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $490.86 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $599.94 | ↑ +131% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $606.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $666.60 | ↑ +156% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $666.60 | ↑ +156% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $824.16 | ↑ +217% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +1269% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +1376% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +1459% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +1492% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,447.00 | ↑ +1609% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1623% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +1623% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +2049% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,268.00 | ↑ +3462% |
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An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $263.04 | $268.40 – $488.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,801.06 | $515.95 – $8,224.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $341.39 | $268.14 – $705.81 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,326.33 | $568.96 – $11,185.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,789.04 | $341.03 – $1,738.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,457.83 | $341.03 – $1,762.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,794.40 | $757.07 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,937.82 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |