Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$588.31
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.
$1,603.00
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.
$265.07 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 | $265.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -55% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -55% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $265.07 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $349.89 | ↓ -41% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $372.42 | ↓ -37% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $372.42 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $638.82 | ↑ +9% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +15% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +15% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $741.60 | ↑ +26% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $741.60 | ↑ +26% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $801.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $864.13 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $916.88 | ↑ +56% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,041.95 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,057.98 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,122.10 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,170.19 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,218.28 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,266.37 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,362.55 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,603.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,603.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +1726% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +2265% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +2265% |
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Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $594.72 | $265.07 – $1,282.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,402.50 | $502.87 – $3,530.38 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $630.88 | $265.07 – $1,444.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,278.57 | $529.83 – $4,461.53 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,929.84 | $479.94 – $5,059.40 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $797.12 | $139.60 – $1,116.80 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,296.93 | $5,071.22 – $5,071.22 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,564.28 | $519.24 – $3,795.69 |