Cath ablt rx lasr 2.0mm turbo at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$7,448.27
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.
$20,295.00
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.
$3,001.25 with Kern Health System vs $12,005.00 with Aetna — 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 | $3,001.25 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,001.25 | ↓ -60% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,001.25 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $3,961.65 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $3,961.65 | ↓ -47% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $4,802.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $4,802.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,642.35 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,762.40 | ↓ -23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,002.50 | ↓ -19% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $6,122.55 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,242.60 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,842.85 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,962.90 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,962.90 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7,923.30 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $7,923.30 | ↑ +6% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,403.50 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,883.70 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $8,883.70 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,123.80 | ↑ +22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,483.95 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9,604.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,804.50 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,164.65 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $11,164.65 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $11,644.85 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $12,005.00 | ↑ +61% |
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Cath ablt rx lasr 2.0mm turbo at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $10,646.76 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,817.85 | $2,485.15 – $10,588.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,160.28 | $2,052.95 – $10,588.90 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,646.76 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,011.26 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $5,548.80 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $5,011.26 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,176.86 | $2,185.04 – $8,404.00 |