Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$154.88
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.
$422.00
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.
$3.60 with United vs $4,056.00 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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| United | Commercial|HMO | $3.60 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.60 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3.60 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $8.62 | ↓ -94% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -94% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $9.64 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $10.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $12.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $191.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $248.30 | ↑ +60% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $248.30 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $252.12 | ↑ +63% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $267.40 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $290.32 | ↑ +87% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $301.78 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $343.80 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +2381% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +2519% |
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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $156.57 | $3.60 – $305.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $140.16 | $3.60 – $249.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $43.35 | $6.00 – $9.34 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $11.99 | $3.00 – $17.64 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $25.98 | $9.09 – $38.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7.06 | $3.00 – $15.68 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $64.26 | $6.00 – $9.34 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $75.99 | $6.00 – $9.34 |