Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$816.95
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.
$2,226.00
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.
$138.50 with Molina vs $6,060.00 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $138.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $138.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $138.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $138.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $138.50 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $138.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $138.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $138.50 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $138.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $194.59 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $194.59 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $263.64 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $333.78 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $451.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $977.90 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,155.70 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,244.32 | ↑ +52% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,244.32 | ↑ +52% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,244.60 | ↑ +52% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,351.28 | ↑ +65% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,404.62 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,440.18 | ↑ +76% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,538.43 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,760.22 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,778.00 | ↑ +118% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,778.00 | ↑ +118% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,778.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +256% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +336% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +370% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +396% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +407% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +436% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +542% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +584% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +642% |
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Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $850.71 | $138.50 – $1,708.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,725.84 | $1,191.92 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,314.82 | $138.50 – $3,010.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,609.39 | $138.50 – $3,193.82 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,169.34 | $138.50 – $2,923.34 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,153.84 | $1,255.83 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $6,445.89 | $1,137.58 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,170.45 | $1,191.69 – $3,982.87 |