Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$369.94
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.
$1,008.00
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.
$284.95 with Molina vs $14,699.00 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $284.95 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $284.95 | ↓ -23% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $284.95 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $284.95 | ↓ -23% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $284.95 | ↓ -23% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $284.95 | ↓ -23% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $284.95 | ↓ -23% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $284.95 | ↓ -23% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $284.95 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +14% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +14% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +14% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +14% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +14% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +14% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $421.45 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $463.60 | ↑ +25% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $463.60 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $470.17 | ↑ +27% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $554.40 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $573.17 | ↑ +55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $631.13 | ↑ +71% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $631.13 | ↑ +71% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $655.20 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $705.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $766.08 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $796.32 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $816.48 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $997.92 | ↑ +170% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,008.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,008.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,008.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,008.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,008.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +686% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,123.00 | ↑ +744% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,643.00 | ↑ +885% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,362.00 | ↑ +1079% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +1247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +1466% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +1538% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +2014% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +3664% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +3873% |
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Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $589.52 | $284.95 – $1,008.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,272.83 | $350.49 – $2,266.68 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $780.81 | $445.12 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,214.24 | $284.95 – $2,673.44 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $209.13 | $81.24 – $307.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,112.11 | $277.29 – $1,006.46 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $678.81 | $468.99 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $765.51 | $424.83 – $8,018.00 |