Cholangiography and/or pancreatography intraoperative supervision & interpretation at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$373.24
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.
$1,017.00
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.
$62.08 with Care 1st vs $1,017.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.08 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.08 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.08 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.95 | ↓ -78% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.22 | ↓ -77% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.22 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $132.73 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $142.75 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $149.61 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $202.38 | ↓ -46% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $508.50 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $661.05 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $671.22 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $711.90 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $772.92 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $803.43 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,006.83 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,017.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,017.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,017.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Cholangiography and/or pancreatography intraoperative supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $377.31 | $62.08 – $813.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $628.97 | $93.92 – $1,120.08 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $402.13 | $71.41 – $594.61 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,069.98 | $180.86 – $180.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $515.74 | $62.08 – $1,180.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $359.47 | $62.08 – $898.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,493.79 | $266.48 – $266.48 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,859.97 | not published |