Cdp-sot 6 cond w/i&r at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$161.48
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.
$440.00
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.
$163.78 with Humana vs $13,913.00 with United — 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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| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +1% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +1% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +1% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +1% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $180.16 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $180.16 | ↑ +12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $220.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $222.74 | ↑ +38% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $286.00 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $308.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $334.40 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $347.60 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $356.40 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $440.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +6551% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +8516% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +8516% |
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Cdp-sot 6 cond w/i&r at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $189.20 | $110.00 – $440.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $153.12 | $145.45 – $316.58 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $186.24 | $145.45 – $316.58 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $179.30 – $182.96 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $188.91 – $188.91 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $171.12 – $171.12 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $179.26 – $179.26 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $185.13 – $188.91 |