Echo stress at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,608.20
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.
$4,382.00
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.
$137.87 with LA Care 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.87 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $137.87 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $137.87 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.87 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $137.87 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $137.87 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.87 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.87 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.87 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $181.99 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $332.27 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $449.46 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $672.31 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -57% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -57% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -57% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $766.34 | ↓ -52% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $766.34 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $781.39 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $947.47 | ↓ -41% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,026.50 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,055.02 | ↓ -34% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,334.45 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,354.98 | ↓ -16% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,437.10 | ↓ -11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,560.28 | ↓ -3% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,621.87 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,053.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +226% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +568% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +765% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +765% |
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Echo stress at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $761.67 | $137.87 – $1,642.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,465.55 | $208.58 – $2,609.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $739.27 | $59.86 – $158.60 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,081.56 | $137.87 – $2,476.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $990.59 | $137.87 – $2,476.46 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $8,183.46 | $640.28 – $3,331.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $971.04 | $702.78 – $3,331.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,275.96 | $137.87 – $3,558.80 |