Cystoscopy & duct catheter at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$706.48
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.
$1,925.00
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.
$174.31 with Care 1st vs $8,109.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 | $174.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.31 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $287.61 | ↓ -59% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $386.05 | ↓ -45% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $386.05 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $662.20 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +20% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $848.09 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $895.75 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $932.90 | ↑ +32% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $932.90 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,058.75 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,153.40 | ↑ +63% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,251.25 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,347.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,463.00 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,520.75 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,559.25 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,905.75 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,925.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,925.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,925.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +431% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↑ +451% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +520% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +605% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +642% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +648% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +689% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +720% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +1007% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +1048% |
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Cystoscopy & duct catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $714.18 | $174.31 – $1,540.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,699.91 | $174.31 – $2,358.72 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,005.80 | $174.31 – $842.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $214.40 – $1,569.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $939.68 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $174.31 – $848.09 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $174.31 – $174.31 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $174.31 – $848.09 |