Artiss fibrin sealant at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,363.04
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.
$3,714.00
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.
$100.00 with Health Net vs $3,008.34 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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| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $100.00 | ↓ -93% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $180.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $180.52 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $180.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $180.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $180.52 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $180.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $180.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $180.52 | ↓ -87% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $180.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $180.52 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $198.57 | ↓ -85% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $198.57 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $219.68 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $221.93 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $221.93 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $245.51 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $258.79 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $330.44 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $384.24 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $519.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $928.50 | ↓ -32% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,485.60 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,522.74 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,522.74 | ↑ +12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,857.00 | ↑ +36% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,599.80 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,822.64 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,934.06 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $3,008.34 | ↑ +121% |
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Artiss fibrin sealant at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,377.90 | $100.00 – $597.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,140.53 | $140.83 – $286.25 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,071.49 | $143.70 – $286.25 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,905.77 | $143.70 – $286.25 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,425.18 | $143.70 – $527.70 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,905.77 | $267.88 – $267.88 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,140.53 | $140.83 – $286.25 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,874.36 | $122.14 – $286.25 |