Hepatobiliary system imaging at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$448.48
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.
$1,222.00
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.
$291.01 with LA Care vs $1,976.45 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $291.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $291.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $291.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $291.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $291.01 | ↓ -35% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $291.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $291.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $291.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $291.01 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $384.13 | ↓ -14% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $408.87 | ↓ -9% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $408.87 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +14% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +14% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +14% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +14% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +14% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +14% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +14% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $561.63 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $561.63 | ↑ +25% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $611.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $694.38 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $701.33 | ↑ +56% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $794.30 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $806.52 | ↑ +80% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $855.40 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $892.06 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $928.72 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $948.69 | ↑ +112% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $965.38 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,038.70 | ↑ +132% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,180.96 | ↑ +163% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,222.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,222.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,976.45 | ↑ +341% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,976.45 | ↑ +341% |
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Hepatobiliary system imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $453.37 | $291.01 – $1,976.45 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,546.58 | $440.27 – $2,754.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $748.17 | $80.37 – $1,081.55 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,840.70 | $538.74 – $1,884.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,525.40 | $291.01 – $3,038.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,311.69 | $291.01 – $2,637.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,229.32 | $291.01 – $2,083.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,635.28 | $567.62 – $2,469.71 |