Drain cath image guided peri/retroperitoneal transvag/transrectal at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,830.97
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.
$4,989.00
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.
$594.94 with Molina vs $7,821.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $594.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $594.94 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $594.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $594.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $594.94 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $594.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $594.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $594.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $594.94 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $785.32 | ↓ -57% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $835.89 | ↓ -54% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $835.89 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,433.81 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,939.50 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +12% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +12% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +12% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +12% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,264.55 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,264.55 | ↑ +24% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,633.40 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,799.80 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +59% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,112.20 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,351.60 | ↑ +83% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,638.88 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,782.52 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $3,878.28 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,740.12 | ↑ +159% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,788.00 | ↑ +162% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,788.00 | ↑ +162% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,788.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +196% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +216% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +231% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↑ +241% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +245% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↑ +260% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +314% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +327% |
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Drain cath image guided peri/retroperitoneal transvag/transrectal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,850.92 | $594.94 – $3,830.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,609.22 | $900.09 – $3,763.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,851.77 | $594.94 – $6,529.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,430.80 | $594.94 – $6,076.98 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,128.74 | $2,124.23 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,857.87 | $594.94 – $2,425.08 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,695.86 | $2,238.00 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,318.88 | $1,805.60 – $5,171.00 |