Dialysis one evaluation at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,441.95
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.
$3,929.00
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.
$82.81 with LA Care vs $904.00 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.81 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $136.63 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $184.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $184.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $316.38 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $427.97 | ↓ -70% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $452.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -62% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -62% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -62% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $541.05 | ↓ -62% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $587.60 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $595.15 | ↓ -59% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $595.15 | ↓ -59% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $632.80 | ↓ -56% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $687.04 | ↓ -52% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $714.16 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $732.24 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $735.83 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $894.96 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $904.00 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $904.00 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $904.00 | ↓ -37% |
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Dialysis one evaluation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,128.06 | $82.81 – $723.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,327.58 | $101.86 – $957.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,165.35 | $562.31 – $573.78 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,432.09 | $82.81 – $3,279.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,311.64 | $82.81 – $2,950.78 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,532.55 | $592.45 – $592.45 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $700.74 | $536.67 – $536.67 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $440.13 | not published |