Bx pleura pq ndl at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$2,016.67
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.
$5,495.00
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.
$153.80 with LA Care vs $7,572.00 with Health Net — 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $153.80 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $153.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $153.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $153.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $153.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $153.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $153.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $153.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $153.80 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $176.92 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $340.63 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $340.63 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $584.28 | ↓ -71% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $718.30 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $790.35 | ↓ -61% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $848.90 | ↓ -58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $914.20 | ↓ -55% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $992.56 | ↓ -51% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,031.74 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,057.86 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,292.94 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,306.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,306.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,306.00 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,306.00 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,306.00 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,306.00 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,306.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,306.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,306.00 | ↓ -35% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,306.00 | ↓ -35% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,306.00 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,436.60 | ↓ -29% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,436.60 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,776.16 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +101% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +105% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +169% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +177% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +214% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +275% |
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Bx pleura pq ndl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,038.65 | $153.80 – $1,306.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $833.52 | $189.17 – $3,763.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,385.25 | $153.80 – $5,251.82 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,068.60 | $153.80 – $1,332.80 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,019.98 | $153.80 – $3,448.62 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,032.97 | $2,124.23 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,474.41 | $0.80 – $557.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,022.15 | $2,238.00 – $4,737.00 |