Cath place 1st order venous 36011 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$848.88

Cash price

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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.

$2,313.00

Gross charge

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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.

$92.71 with LA Care vs $5,592.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $92.71 ↓ -89%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $92.71 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $92.71 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $92.71 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $92.71 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $92.71 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $92.71 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $92.71 ↓ -89%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $92.71 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $152.97 ↓ -82%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $205.33 ↓ -76%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $205.33 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $352.20 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $476.42 ↓ -44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $1,272.15 ↑ +50%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,503.45 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,619.10 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,757.88 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,827.27 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $1,873.53 ↑ +121%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $2,058.57 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|HMO $2,289.87 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,313.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,313.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,313.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +320%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +353%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +378%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +388%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +559%

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Cath place 1st order venous 36011 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $858.13 $92.71 – $2,058.57
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $653.50 $114.03 – $1,163.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,745.33 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $485.78 $92.71 – $1,112.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $453.94 $92.71 – $1,112.30
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,495.94 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $725.22 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,411.17 $3,982.87 – $3,982.87

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