Dissolve clot heart vessel at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$819.88
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.
$2,234.00
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.
$386.47 with LA Care vs $14,699.00 with Aetna — 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 | $386.47 | ↓ -53% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $386.47 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $386.47 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $386.47 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $386.47 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $386.47 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $386.47 | ↓ -53% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $386.47 | ↓ -53% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $386.47 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $637.68 | ↓ -22% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $860.84 | ↑ +5% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $860.84 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,117.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,452.10 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,476.61 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,563.80 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,697.84 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,764.86 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,809.54 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,997.40 | ↑ +144% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,211.66 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,234.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,234.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,234.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +334% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +405% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +582% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +1598% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +1693% |
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Dissolve clot heart vessel at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,243.49 | $475.36 – $2,214.42 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,271.43 | $6,619.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $7,822.38 | $6,200.00 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,155.66 | $8,018.00 – $10,413.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,101.71 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $907.88 | $386.47 – $2,593.92 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,822.38 | $4,042.00 – $6,732.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $995.04 | $4,666.00 – $5,357.00 |