Ghs inj transforaminal cerv single bil at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$968.88
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.
$2,640.00
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.
$177.29 with Molina vs $6,300.00 with Health Net — 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 | $177.29 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $177.29 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $177.29 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $177.29 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $177.29 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $177.29 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $177.29 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $177.29 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $177.29 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $292.53 | ↓ -70% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $392.67 | ↓ -59% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $392.67 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $673.55 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $911.10 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +17% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +17% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +17% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,244.32 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,244.32 | ↑ +28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,452.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,538.43 | ↑ +59% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,716.00 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,848.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,006.40 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,085.60 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,138.40 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,613.60 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,640.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,640.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,640.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +200% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +268% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +297% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +319% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +328% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $4,511.00 | ↑ +366% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,261.00 | ↑ +443% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +477% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +525% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,300.00 | ↑ +550% |
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Ghs inj transforaminal cerv single bil at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,251.60 | $177.29 – $2,112.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,464.24 | $218.07 – $2,607.54 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,529.25 | $177.29 – $3,501.54 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,466.54 | $89.00 – $337.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,400.62 | $177.29 – $3,501.54 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,021.06 | $1,255.83 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,588.80 | $1,137.58 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $719.61 | $1,191.69 – $3,982.87 |