Block tap inj(s) w/wo img bi at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$503.53
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.
$1,372.00
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.
$154.88 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,060.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $154.88 | ↓ -69% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $370.44 | ↓ -26% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $370.44 | ↓ -26% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $754.60 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $891.80 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $960.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,042.72 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,083.88 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,111.32 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,221.08 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,358.28 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,372.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,372.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,372.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +477% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +607% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +723% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +949% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +1007% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +1011% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +1104% |
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Block tap inj(s) w/wo img bi at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $509.02 | $370.44 – $1,221.08 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $176.17 | $130.38 – $308.46 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $828.24 | $1,687.00 – $11,153.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,836.11 | $2,747.00 – $9,175.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,362.32 | $2,335.00 – $5,198.77 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $12,534.78 | $5,981.00 – $25,998.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $245.49 | $175.35 – $701.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,819.17 | $1,716.00 – $15,202.00 |