I131 iodide sol, rx at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$852.18
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.
$2,322.00
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.
$22.01 with United vs $1,834.38 with MultiPlan — 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 | $22.01 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $26.53 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $26.53 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $26.53 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $26.53 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $26.53 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $26.53 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $26.53 | ↓ -97% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $26.53 | ↓ -97% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $26.53 | ↓ -97% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $26.53 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $29.18 | ↓ -97% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $29.18 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.45 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $34.45 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $34.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $36.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,161.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,509.30 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,532.52 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,625.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,764.72 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,834.38 | ↑ +115% |
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I131 iodide sol, rx at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $286.38 | $94.95 – $359.66 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $136.13 | $22.01 – $379.66 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $20.35 – $44.89 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $20.77 – $44.89 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $20.77 – $44.89 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $20.35 – $44.89 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $17.65 – $44.89 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $18.61 – $44.89 |