Ghs analysis neurostim without reprogramming at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$103.13
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.
$281.00
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.
$22.71 with Care 1st vs $13,913.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.71 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.71 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.71 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.71 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.47 | ↓ -64% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.58 | ↓ -51% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.58 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $86.76 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $117.36 | ↑ +14% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $140.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +59% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +59% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +59% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $180.16 | ↑ +75% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $180.16 | ↑ +75% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $182.65 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $185.33 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $185.46 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $188.30 | ↑ +83% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $204.44 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $212.51 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $215.40 | ↑ +109% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $222.74 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $281.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $281.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +10314% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +13391% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +13391% |
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Ghs analysis neurostim without reprogramming at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $593.23 | $22.71 – $215.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $172.14 | $27.93 – $306.54 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $125.84 | $22.71 – $288.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $115.25 | $22.71 – $288.12 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $105.55 | $22.71 – $294.38 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $133.39 | $22.71 – $259.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $63.35 | $115.42 – $316.58 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $108.85 | $117.54 – $316.58 |