Exchange biliary drg cath at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,813.13
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.
$10,390.00
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.
$752.05 with Kaiser vs $9,268.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $752.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $752.05 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $752.05 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $752.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $752.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $752.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $752.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $752.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $752.05 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $992.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,056.63 | ↓ -72% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,056.63 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,812.44 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,451.68 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,538.25 | ↓ -33% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,999.75 | ↓ -21% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,230.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,507.40 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↓ -7% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,645.85 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $3,738.15 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,447.00 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +18% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +18% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +18% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +18% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,568.85 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,615.00 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,615.00 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,615.00 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,932.42 | ↑ +29% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,932.42 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,098.27 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,268.00 | ↑ +143% |
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Exchange biliary drg cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,854.69 | $752.05 – $4,484.02 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,075.64 | $1,137.77 – $8,890.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $7,210.38 | $2,937.00 – $11,185.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,432.99 | $752.05 – $5,780.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,097.59 | $752.05 – $5,780.04 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $7,805.04 | $5,083.67 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,970.68 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,612.84 | $3,572.00 – $5,198.77 |