Inj cntr knee arthro incl ct/mri at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$325.90
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.
$888.00
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.
$130.68 with LA Care vs $5,592.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $130.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $130.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $130.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $130.68 | ↓ -60% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $130.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $183.61 | ↓ -44% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $183.61 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $314.94 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $382.07 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $426.02 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $488.40 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $577.20 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $621.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $674.88 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $701.52 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $719.28 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $790.32 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $879.12 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $888.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $888.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $888.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +993% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +1079% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +1145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +1171% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +1616% |
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Inj cntr knee arthro incl ct/mri at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $329.45 | $130.68 – $790.32 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $179.58 | $110.70 – $319.80 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $210.89 | $110.29 – $260.93 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $278.46 | $1,687.00 – $10,997.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $467.81 | $130.68 – $975.10 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,269.40 | $130.68 – $859.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $390.04 | $91.80 – $333.20 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $963.90 | $2,747.00 – $8,621.00 |