Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$423.89
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.
$1,155.00
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.
$94.42 with Care 1st vs $6,060.00 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 | $94.42 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $94.42 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $155.79 | ↓ -63% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $209.11 | ↓ -51% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $209.11 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $358.68 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $485.19 | ↑ +14% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $605.00 | ↑ +43% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $715.00 | ↑ +69% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $770.00 | ↑ +82% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $836.00 | ↑ +97% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $869.00 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +108% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +108% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +108% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +108% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +108% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +108% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +108% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +108% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $891.00 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $967.91 | ↑ +128% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $967.91 | ↑ +128% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,089.00 | ↑ +157% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,100.00 | ↑ +160% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,100.00 | ↑ +160% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,100.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,196.69 | ↑ +182% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +586% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +740% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +785% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +806% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +857% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +877% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +933% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +1137% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +1219% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +1330% |
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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $748.31 | $94.42 – $880.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $614.52 | $116.14 – $1,617.30 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,361.19 | $951.25 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,644.38 | $94.42 – $3,655.40 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,011.32 | $94.42 – $1,295.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,506.07 | $94.42 – $2,997.82 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,326.51 | $1,002.25 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,514.12 | $907.88 – $8,018.00 |