Critical care 30-74 minutes at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,005.00
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.
$8,188.00
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.
$216.64 with Molina vs $11,754.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $216.64 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $230.23 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $304.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $304.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $522.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $706.25 | ↓ -76% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -64% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -64% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,070.62 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,177.68 | ↓ -61% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,177.68 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,456.04 | ↓ -52% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,503.40 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,912.80 | ↑ +63% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $5,322.20 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,731.60 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $5,813.48 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,059.12 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,222.88 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,386.64 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,468.52 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,714.16 | ↑ +123% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,714.16 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,369.20 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $7,488.00 | ↑ +149% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,707.00 | ↑ +190% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,857.00 | ↑ +195% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,743.00 | ↑ +224% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $11,122.00 | ↑ +270% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,122.00 | ↑ +270% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $11,754.00 | ↑ +291% |
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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,037.75 | $216.64 – $6,714.16 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,379.17 | $295.99 – $6,326.30 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,663.58 | $168.52 – $3,320.31 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $11,252.64 | $1,113.16 – $1,135.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,180.04 | $190.30 – $6,618.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,850.15 | $216.64 – $5,665.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,130.12 | $190.30 – $6,736.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $12,871.38 | $1,172.85 – $1,172.85 |