Generator emblem MRI sicd subq at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$41,639.82
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.
$113,460.00
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.
$6,596.25 with Kern Health System vs $26,385.00 with Aetna — 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $6,596.25 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,596.25 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $6,596.25 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $8,707.05 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $8,707.05 | ↓ -79% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $10,554.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $10,554.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $12,400.95 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12,664.80 | ↓ -70% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $13,192.50 | ↓ -68% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $13,456.35 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $13,720.20 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,039.45 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $15,303.30 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,303.30 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $17,414.10 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $17,414.10 | ↓ -58% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $18,469.50 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,524.90 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19,524.90 | ↓ -53% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $20,052.60 | ↓ -52% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $20,844.15 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $21,108.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,746.50 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,538.05 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $24,538.05 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $25,593.45 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $26,385.00 | ↓ -37% |
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Generator emblem MRI sicd subq at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $42,093.66 | $6,596.25 – $23,746.50 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $49,197.04 | $5,698.56 – $18,520.32 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $61,070.50 | $17,958.00 – $42,486.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $60,375.84 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $43,704.80 | $7,100.10 – $30,252.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $40,028.69 | $5,865.30 – $30,252.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $60,375.84 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $22,890.84 | not published |