Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$5,092.50
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.
$13,876.00
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.
$801.69 with Molina vs $18,089.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $801.69 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $801.69 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $801.69 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $801.69 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $801.69 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $801.69 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $801.69 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $801.69 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $801.69 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $922.19 | ↓ -82% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,244.93 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,244.93 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,135.43 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,888.59 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -20% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -20% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,495.45 | ↓ -12% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,495.45 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,558.01 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $6,515.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,938.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,599.00 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8,676.00 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $9,019.40 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,100.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,447.00 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,713.20 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,155.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $10,545.76 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,962.04 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $11,239.56 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,737.24 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,876.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,876.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $13,876.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,089.00 | ↑ +255% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,116.37 | $986.08 – $7,425.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,800.50 | $801.69 – $15,571.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,047.00 | $801.69 – $15,117.48 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,635.50 | $4,603.09 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $8,064.12 | $4,169.67 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,015.64 | $698.63 – $14,330.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,683.22 | $4,511.03 – $11,377.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,052.64 | $3,429.00 – $15,436.00 |