Ghs nerve block interscaline at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$945.40
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.
$2,576.00
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.
$69.63 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 | $69.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $69.63 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $69.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $69.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $69.63 | ↓ -93% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $69.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $69.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $69.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $69.63 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $114.89 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $154.23 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $154.23 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $264.55 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $357.85 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +20% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +20% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,244.32 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,244.32 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,416.80 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,538.43 | ↑ +63% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,674.40 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,803.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,957.76 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,035.04 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,086.56 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,550.24 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,576.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,576.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,576.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +207% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +277% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +306% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +329% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +338% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $4,511.00 | ↑ +377% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,261.00 | ↑ +456% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +491% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +541% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,300.00 | ↑ +566% |
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Ghs nerve block interscaline at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $955.70 | $69.63 – $2,060.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $938.64 | $85.64 – $2,138.98 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,009.54 | $100.12 – $332.71 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,725.84 | $1,191.92 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $892.81 | $69.63 – $2,044.28 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,631.70 | $40.88 – $154.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $817.72 | $69.63 – $2,044.28 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,918.62 | $1,255.83 – $6,200.00 |