CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$834.20
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.
$2,273.00
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.
$149.92 with Care 1st vs $2,273.00 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 | $149.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $210.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $210.64 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $296.91 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $361.31 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $364.32 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $391.82 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $488.74 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $951.81 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,106.23 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,130.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,130.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,136.50 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,477.45 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,493.61 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,500.18 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,591.10 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,727.48 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,795.67 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,250.27 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,273.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,273.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,273.00 | ↑ +172% |
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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $843.29 | $149.92 – $1,818.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $629.41 | $226.81 – $1,437.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $593.03 | $172.46 – $1,136.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,287.24 | $421.94 – $731.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $766.55 | $149.92 – $1,756.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,798.20 | $149.92 – $904.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $675.03 | $149.92 – $1,768.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,032.75 | $626.23 – $924.55 |