Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$2,146.59
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.
$5,849.00
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.
$224.16 with Molina vs $9,268.00 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.16 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.16 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.16 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.16 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.16 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.16 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.16 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.16 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.16 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $258.01 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $346.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $346.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $594.04 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $803.56 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +16% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +16% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +16% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,481.19 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,729.31 | ↑ +27% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,729.31 | ↑ +27% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,216.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,374.42 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +66% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,801.85 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,094.30 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,445.24 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,447.00 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,620.71 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $4,737.69 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +152% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +161% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,790.51 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,849.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,849.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,849.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +195% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +253% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,268.00 | ↑ +332% |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,031.97 | $224.16 – $4,381.60 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,073.66 | $224.16 – $4,748.10 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,300.70 | $152.90 – $579.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,899.24 | $224.16 – $4,748.10 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,277.37 | $2,511.53 – $10,413.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $761.43 | $2,630.99 – $3,982.87 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,035.07 | $195.34 – $4,370.52 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,437.91 | $2,717.15 – $6,732.00 |