Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$313.79
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.
$855.00
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.
$56.88 with LA Care vs $855.00 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 | $56.88 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.88 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.88 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.88 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.88 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.88 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.88 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.88 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.88 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.08 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.92 | ↓ -75% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $79.92 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $131.33 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $137.08 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $141.25 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $185.43 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $390.53 | ↑ +24% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $427.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $453.89 | ↑ +45% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $555.75 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $564.30 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $598.50 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $612.84 | ↑ +95% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $649.80 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $675.45 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $846.45 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $855.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $855.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $855.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $317.21 | $56.88 – $684.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $623.72 | $86.05 – $1,110.72 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $303.73 | $93.85 – $449.11 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,043.06 | $178.95 – $300.18 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $591.07 | $56.88 – $1,041.74 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $646.69 | $56.88 – $518.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $416.70 | $56.88 – $243.04 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,264.91 | $265.35 – $379.35 |