Follow-up angiography at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$463.89
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.
$1,264.00
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.
$149.03 with Kaiser vs $15,009.21 with Cigna — 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 | $149.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.03 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.03 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.03 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $196.72 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $209.39 | ↓ -55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $209.39 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $273.77 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $302.85 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $318.19 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $325.71 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $359.16 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $429.61 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $485.84 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $632.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $821.60 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $834.24 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $884.80 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $960.64 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $998.56 | ↑ +115% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,264.00 | ↑ +172% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,390.40 | ↑ +200% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,390.40 | ↑ +200% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,719.04 | ↑ +271% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +762% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +762% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,009.21 | ↑ +3136% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $15,009.21 | ↑ +3136% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Follow-up angiography at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $468.95 | $149.03 – $15,009.21 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $638.61 | $225.47 – $13,858.31 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,964.33 | $149.03 – $13,457.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,715.00 | $149.03 – $15,820.61 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,442.10 | $301.57 – $4,061.05 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,193.54 | $149.03 – $3,732.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,713.60 | $337.67 – $7,512.94 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,122.66 | $202.68 – $1,414.14 |