Ghs sedimentation rate at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$76.34
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.
$208.00
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.
$3.33 with Kern Health System vs $80.10 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.33 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.33 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.40 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.40 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.40 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.40 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.40 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.40 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.40 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.40 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.40 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4.27 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4.27 | ↓ -94% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4.27 | ↓ -94% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4.53 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4.70 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5.12 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.65 | ↓ -93% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5.81 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $8.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $11.08 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $12.29 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.29 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $18.33 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $19.72 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $37.68 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $43.79 | ↓ -43% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $44.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $57.85 | ↓ -24% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $57.85 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $58.74 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $59.13 | ↓ -23% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $62.30 | ↓ -18% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $67.64 | ↓ -11% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $70.31 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $80.10 | ↑ +5% |
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Ghs sedimentation rate at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $77.17 | $3.33 – $71.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $82.35 | $0.70 – $11.35 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $7.75 | $0.85 – $12.61 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $87.72 | $4.18 – $28.96 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $126.54 | $3.40 – $186.20 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $149.43 | $4.27 – $36.60 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $99.96 | $4.27 – $41.51 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $119.34 | $4.27 – $167.20 |