Contrast x-ray gallbladder at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$122.95
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.
$335.00
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.
$55.12 with Care 1st vs $936.54 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 | $55.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -55% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -55% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.12 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $72.76 | ↓ -41% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $77.44 | ↓ -37% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $77.44 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $132.84 | ↑ +8% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $167.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $179.69 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $211.65 | ↑ +72% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $217.75 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $221.10 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $225.30 | ↑ +83% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +84% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +84% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +84% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +84% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +84% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $227.62 | ↑ +85% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $234.50 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $248.81 | ↑ +102% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $248.81 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $254.60 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $261.85 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $264.65 | ↑ +115% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $307.62 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $335.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $335.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $335.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $335.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $335.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $936.54 | ↑ +662% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $936.54 | ↑ +662% |
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Contrast x-ray gallbladder at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $124.29 | $55.12 – $936.54 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $483.56 | $83.39 – $864.73 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,042.29 | $55.12 – $723.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $252.96 | $218.84 – $291.55 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $295.80 | $225.59 – $291.55 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $527.44 | $55.12 – $736.36 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $265.71 | $186.18 – $291.55 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $354.24 | $191.76 – $417.35 |