Artery xray of abdomen 75726-26 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$4,030.40
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.
$10,982.00
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.
$186.84 with Care 1st vs $25,002.66 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 | $186.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.84 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.84 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $262.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $262.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $450.28 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $488.94 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $609.10 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $700.31 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $753.17 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,807.73 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,425.49 | ↑ +10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,491.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,975.21 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +70% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +70% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +70% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +70% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $7,138.30 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $7,248.12 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $7,555.33 | ↑ +87% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $7,555.33 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,687.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,346.32 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,675.78 | ↑ +115% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,341.13 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,733.33 | ↑ +166% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,733.33 | ↑ +166% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10,733.33 | ↑ +166% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,733.33 | ↑ +166% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25,002.66 | ↑ +520% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $25,002.66 | ↑ +520% |
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Artery xray of abdomen 75726-26 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,889.20 | $186.84 – $25,002.66 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,076.47 | $282.67 – $23,085.47 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,390.71 | $186.84 – $22,418.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,154.01 | $186.84 – $26,354.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $12,254.79 | $1,416.75 – $7,353.90 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,400.61 | $4,194.31 – $7,353.90 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,450.98 | $186.84 – $10,733.33 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $5,316.24 | $1,225.83 – $7,742.78 |