Cath left heart transseptal punc at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,531.28
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.
$9,622.00
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.
$189.50 with LA Care vs $25,662.00 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $189.50 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $217.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $294.28 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $294.28 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $504.77 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $682.81 | ↓ -81% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,811.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $6,254.30 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,735.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,312.72 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,601.38 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $7,793.82 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,447.00 | ↑ +168% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,525.78 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,622.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,622.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,622.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,155.00 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $16,348.00 | ↑ +363% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,009.00 | ↑ +438% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $25,662.00 | ↑ +627% |
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Cath left heart transseptal punc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,725.15 | $233.09 – $8,414.64 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $853.01 | $189.50 – $1,953.14 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $827.91 | $189.50 – $2,069.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,107.07 | $2,747.00 – $12,563.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,157.94 | $165.14 – $14,736.96 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,803.51 | $1,716.00 – $12,908.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,194.72 | $1,200.00 – $16,338.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $4,310.55 | $189.50 – $8,286.30 |