Arterial blood draw/perc 36620 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$176.16
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.
$480.00
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.
$48.28 with Care 1st vs $5,592.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -73% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.28 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $79.66 | ↓ -55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $106.91 | ↓ -39% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $106.91 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $183.38 | ↑ +4% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $240.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $248.05 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $288.00 | ↑ +63% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $312.00 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $336.00 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $340.80 | ↑ +93% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $350.40 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $364.80 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $379.20 | ↑ +115% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $388.80 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $393.60 | ↑ +123% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $393.60 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $432.00 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $475.20 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $480.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $480.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $480.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,244.80 | ↑ +1742% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +1922% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +2081% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +2202% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +2251% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +3074% |
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Arterial blood draw/perc 36620 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $178.08 | $48.28 – $393.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $169.95 | $37.53 – $318.16 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $250.78 | $69.42 – $197.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,310.41 | $1,687.00 – $10,997.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $231.98 | $48.28 – $490.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $153.85 | $48.28 – $226.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $253.63 | $48.28 – $490.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $425.85 | $2,747.00 – $8,621.00 |