Cardiac perf planar mult/ef/wm at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,292.21
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.
$3,521.00
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.
$168.31 with Care 1st vs $6,851.62 with Cigna — 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $168.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $168.31 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $168.31 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $168.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $168.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $168.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $168.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $168.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $168.31 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $222.17 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $236.48 | ↓ -82% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $236.48 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $405.63 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $548.69 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $997.00 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,158.75 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,436.03 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,544.42 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,564.52 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +28% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +28% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +28% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,760.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,824.61 | ↑ +41% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,824.61 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,255.89 | ↑ +75% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,288.65 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,323.86 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,464.70 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,675.96 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,781.59 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,938.37 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +127% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,851.62 | ↑ +430% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,851.62 | ↑ +430% |
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Cardiac perf planar mult/ef/wm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,306.30 | $168.31 – $6,851.62 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,895.62 | $254.63 – $6,326.24 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7,123.54 | $168.31 – $4,927.44 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,449.48 | $168.31 – $8,994.58 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,507.68 | $1,247.07 – $3,080.50 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $2,046.61 | $168.31 – $1,848.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $4,782.06 | $115.00 – $17,140.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,814.39 | $151.48 – $4,729.96 |