Echo transthoracic at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,970.43
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.
$5,369.00
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.
$175.17 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 | $175.17 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $175.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $175.17 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $289.03 | ↓ -85% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $390.18 | ↓ -80% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $390.18 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $669.28 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -65% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -65% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -65% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $766.34 | ↓ -61% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $766.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $876.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $905.33 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $947.47 | ↓ -52% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,138.80 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,156.32 | ↓ -41% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,226.40 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,278.96 | ↓ -35% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,331.52 | ↓ -32% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,384.08 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,489.20 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,752.00 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,752.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +166% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +445% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +606% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +606% |
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Echo transthoracic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $650.00 | $175.17 – $1,401.60 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,510.84 | $175.17 – $3,459.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,383.76 | $175.17 – $3,459.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,685.55 | $775.83 – $3,331.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,167.39 | $702.78 – $3,331.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,433.25 | $175.17 – $3,997.50 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,294.56 | $597.36 – $1,300.14 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,078.31 | $297.79 – $1,358.28 |