Electrophysiology evaluation at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$6,508.75
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.
$17,735.00
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.
$802.51 with Partnership Health Plan vs $17,735.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $802.51 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $802.51 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $802.51 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $802.51 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $802.51 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $802.51 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $802.51 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $802.51 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $802.51 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,324.13 | ↓ -80% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,787.53 | ↓ -73% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,787.53 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $3,066.15 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $4,147.57 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,867.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9,248.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $9,411.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $9,641.44 | ↑ +48% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $10,605.58 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $10,605.58 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,754.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $10,977.00 | ↑ +69% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $11,527.75 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,631.00 | ↑ +79% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12,414.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $13,112.36 | ↑ +101% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,145.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13,478.60 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +114% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,010.65 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $14,365.35 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,518.00 | ↑ +123% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,561.00 | ↑ +124% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,561.00 | ↑ +124% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +126% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $17,202.95 | ↑ +164% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,202.95 | ↑ +164% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $17,735.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $10,427.91 | $987.09 – $23,808.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $11,309.90 | $802.51 – $26,425.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $10,057.16 | $802.51 – $25,142.88 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $11,852.91 | $9,256.00 – $35,965.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $7,107.45 | $802.51 – $19,823.50 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $21,239.46 | $9,773.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $7,883.04 | $8,526.92 – $18,558.59 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $7,727.58 | $802.51 – $14,104.70 |