Coronary angio/cath placement bypass graft/lv gram/lt heart at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$5,637.86
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.
$15,362.00
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.
$1,203.26 with Care 1st vs $25,662.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $1,203.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,203.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,203.26 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,203.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,203.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,203.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,203.26 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,203.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,203.26 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,384.11 | ↓ -75% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,868.50 | ↓ -67% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,868.50 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $3,205.03 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -28% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -28% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -28% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4,086.77 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $4,335.44 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,495.45 | ↓ -20% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,495.45 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,558.01 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $6,515.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,599.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,681.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8,676.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,100.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,447.00 | ↑ +68% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $9,985.30 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,155.00 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,753.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11,675.12 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12,135.98 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $12,443.22 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $15,208.38 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $15,362.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $15,362.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,362.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $16,348.00 | ↑ +190% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,089.00 | ↑ +221% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,009.00 | ↑ +237% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $25,662.00 | ↑ +355% |
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Coronary angio/cath placement bypass graft/lv gram/lt heart at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $9,624.18 | $1,480.01 – $17,138.94 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9,329.12 | $1,203.26 – $21,361.06 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8,288.06 | $1,203.26 – $20,720.14 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $23,269.26 | $4,603.09 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $10,521.30 | $4,169.67 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $14,675.01 | $1,048.57 – $41,928.60 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $20,996.19 | $4,511.03 – $12,568.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $9,619.20 | $3,544.22 – $15,436.00 |