Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$231.21
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.
$630.00
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.
$34.14 with Kern Health System vs $466.00 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.14 | ↓ -85% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.14 | ↓ -85% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.86 | ↓ -85% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.86 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.46 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $78.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $78.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $78.77 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $78.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $78.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $78.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $78.77 | ↓ -66% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $78.77 | ↓ -66% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $78.77 | ↓ -66% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $83.50 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $84.01 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $86.65 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $94.52 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $94.52 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $94.52 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $94.52 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $107.13 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $113.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $146.39 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $157.53 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $226.36 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $226.36 | ↓ -2% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $233.00 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $298.58 | ↑ +29% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $302.90 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $302.90 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $307.56 | ↑ +33% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $326.20 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $347.03 | ↑ +50% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $354.16 | ↑ +53% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $368.14 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $419.40 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $466.00 | ↑ +102% |
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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $233.73 | $34.14 – $372.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $530.42 | $52.74 – $944.58 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $148.36 | $15.75 – $229.89 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $684.93 | $77.19 – $229.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $237.12 | $34.86 – $542.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $402.59 | $34.86 – $1,006.46 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $788.46 | $78.77 – $290.03 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $710.43 | $78.77 – $328.90 |