Ghs pt - work hardening/int 2hrs at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$226.44
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.
$617.00
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.
$291.00 with United vs $12,607.00 with Cigna — 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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| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $291.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $308.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $321.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $321.00 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $367.00 | ↑ +62% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $367.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $394.24 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $400.40 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $431.20 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $459.93 | ↑ +103% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $463.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $468.16 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $486.64 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $494.05 | ↑ +118% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $554.40 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $616.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $616.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $616.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,072.00 | ↑ +815% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,607.00 | ↑ +5467% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $12,607.00 | ↑ +5467% |
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Ghs pt - work hardening/int 2hrs at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $228.91 | $231.00 – $12,607.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $462.21 | $179.54 – $680.12 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $315.20 | $55.20 – $441.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $201.39 | $66.15 – $1,123.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $327.03 | $75.00 – $745.00 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $306.13 | $303.58 – $1,045.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $201.47 | $154.50 – $570.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $321.70 – $321.70 |