Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$123.32
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.
$336.00
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.
$36.69 with LA Care 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -70% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -70% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -70% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.69 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.43 | ↓ -61% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.55 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $88.42 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $119.61 | ↓ -3% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $168.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $218.40 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $221.76 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $235.20 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $245.28 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $255.36 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $265.44 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $285.60 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $336.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $336.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +8609% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +11182% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +11182% |
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Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $124.66 | $36.69 – $268.80 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $109.89 | $36.69 – $161.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $246.96 | $36.69 – $617.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,432.08 | $101.97 – $392.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,491.75 | $445.46 – $445.46 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,193.40 | $446.50 – $446.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $103.49 | $36.69 – $288.64 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $309.12 | $523.04 – $523.04 |