Artery-vein nonautograft at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$58.36
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.
$159.00
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.
$87.45 with Western Growers vs $11,460.00 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 | $87.45 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $103.35 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $111.30 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $120.84 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $125.61 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $128.79 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $157.41 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $159.00 | ↑ +172% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $174.90 | ↑ +200% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $174.90 | ↑ +200% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $216.24 | ↑ +271% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $667.74 | ↑ +1044% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $667.74 | ↑ +1044% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $667.74 | ↑ +1044% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $667.74 | ↑ +1044% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $667.74 | ↑ +1044% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $667.74 | ↑ +1044% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $667.74 | ↑ +1044% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $667.74 | ↑ +1044% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $667.74 | ↑ +1044% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,499.00 | ↑ +9323% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↑ +10877% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +11669% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +11669% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,442.00 | ↑ +12652% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↑ +12664% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $7,830.00 | ↑ +13317% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,858.00 | ↑ +13365% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,133.00 | ↑ +15549% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↑ +17131% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,937.00 | ↑ +18641% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,460.00 | ↑ +19537% |
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Artery-vein nonautograft at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $7,161.26 | $667.74 – $9,932.16 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $4,889.48 | $667.74 – $17,525.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $8,242.08 | $6,083.33 – $13,240.19 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $821.32 – $12,900.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $3,632.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $667.74 – $6,868.48 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $667.74 – $667.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $667.74 – $6,868.48 |