Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$9,415.39
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.
$25,655.00
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.
$466.86 with Molina vs $25,655.00 with United — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $466.86 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $616.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $655.94 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $655.94 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,125.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,521.96 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,251.00 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -4% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -4% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $9,076.82 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $9,411.00 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $9,984.50 | ↑ +6% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $9,984.50 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,561.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $10,977.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $11,150.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $12,344.48 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,028.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,145.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $14,110.25 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $16,675.75 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $17,958.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $19,497.80 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $20,267.45 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $20,780.55 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $25,398.45 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25,655.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $25,655.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $25,655.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $9,518.01 | $466.86 – $20,524.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6,916.46 | $706.32 – $16,602.72 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $11,124.15 | $466.86 – $20,054.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $10,188.48 | $466.86 – $20,067.46 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,020.51 | $5,021.00 – $9,776.62 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,833.45 | $466.86 – $18,938.64 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $16,614.78 | $4,042.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $21,429.60 | $5,357.00 – $17,265.50 |