Ercp biliary & pancreas at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$638.22
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.
$1,739.00
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.
$165.14 with LA Care vs $1,565.00 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 | $165.14 | ↓ -74% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $165.14 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $165.14 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $165.14 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $165.14 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $165.14 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $165.14 | ↓ -74% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $165.14 | ↓ -74% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $165.14 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $217.98 | ↓ -66% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $232.02 | ↓ -64% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $232.02 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $397.99 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $488.79 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $525.68 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $538.36 | ↓ -16% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $782.50 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $951.81 | ↑ +49% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,017.25 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,032.90 | ↑ +62% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,095.50 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,106.23 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,189.40 | ↑ +86% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,236.35 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,493.61 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,549.35 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,565.00 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,565.00 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,565.00 | ↑ +145% |
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Ercp biliary & pancreas at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $645.17 | $165.14 – $1,252.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,772.59 | $249.84 – $3,156.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,124.36 | $165.14 – $2,471.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $662.01 | $165.14 – $806.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $988.63 | $165.14 – $2,009.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,008.38 | $924.55 – $981.34 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,122.84 | $1,048.44 – $1,048.44 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $523.03 | $165.14 – $747.60 |