Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$656.20
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.
$1,788.00
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.
$214.24 with Care 1st vs $2,565.73 with Cigna — 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $214.24 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $214.24 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $214.24 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $214.24 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $214.24 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $214.24 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $214.24 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $214.24 | ↓ -67% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $214.24 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $282.80 | ↓ -57% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $301.01 | ↓ -54% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $301.01 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $516.32 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +4% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +4% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $698.42 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $752.32 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $752.32 | ↑ +15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $894.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $930.14 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $961.67 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,033.68 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,034.25 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↑ +68% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,162.20 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,180.08 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,201.38 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,251.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,358.88 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,412.52 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,622.08 | ↑ +147% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,565.73 | ↑ +291% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,565.73 | ↑ +291% |
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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $663.35 | $214.24 – $2,565.73 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $901.85 | $324.13 – $2,368.99 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $917.93 | $107.65 – $1,326.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,536.10 | $214.24 – $3,349.64 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,602.40 | $214.24 – $3,883.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,226.18 | $214.24 – $2,704.43 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,564.35 | $214.24 – $6,365.66 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,097.21 | $214.24 – $1,173.12 |