Gallbladder Removal (Laparoscopic) at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
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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.
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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.
$534.88 with Molina vs $25,662.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $534.88 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $534.88 | — |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $534.88 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $534.88 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $534.88 | — |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $534.88 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $534.88 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $534.88 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $534.88 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $882.55 | — |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,184.63 | — |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,184.63 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,031.99 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,748.67 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7,413.14 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | — |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | — |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $7,413.14 | — |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $7,830.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $8,154.45 | — |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $8,154.45 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $8,680.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,133.00 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10,081.87 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,561.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,937.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $11,150.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $16,348.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,089.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,009.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $25,662.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Gallbladder Removal (Laparoscopic) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $534.88 – $7,413.14 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,149.52 | $446.52 – $1,691.48 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $993.48 | $6,970.59 – $8,145.41 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $657.90 – $13,082.50 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | not published | $153.58 – $153.58 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $5,734.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $534.88 – $7,413.14 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $534.88 – $7,413.14 |