Ecg external < 48 hours recording at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$232.68
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.
$634.00
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.
$42.77 with Care 1st vs $13,913.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.77 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.77 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.77 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.46 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $60.09 | ↓ -74% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $60.09 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $103.08 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $139.43 | ↓ -40% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -30% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -30% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $180.16 | ↓ -23% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $180.16 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $222.74 | ↓ -4% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $317.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $412.10 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $443.80 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $462.53 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $481.84 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $500.86 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $513.54 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $537.57 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $634.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $634.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +4516% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +5879% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +5879% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $235.22 | $42.77 – $507.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $778.77 | $39.73 – $1,386.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $347.04 | $25.78 – $465.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,811.52 | $179.30 – $348.54 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $431.43 | $42.77 – $987.84 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $45.29 | $17.60 – $66.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $434.34 | $42.77 – $1,085.84 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,545.81 | $188.91 – $440.46 |