Inj peritoneal venous shunt at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$609.59
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.
$1,661.00
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.
$46.99 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 | $46.99 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.99 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.99 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.99 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.99 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.99 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $46.99 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.99 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.99 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $77.54 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $104.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $104.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $178.56 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $241.53 | ↓ -60% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $913.55 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,079.65 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,162.70 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,262.36 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,312.19 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,345.41 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,478.29 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,644.39 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,661.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,661.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,661.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +484% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +530% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +565% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +579% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +817% |
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Inj peritoneal venous shunt at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $616.24 | $46.99 – $1,478.29 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $464.52 | $46.99 – $645.12 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $619.65 | $1,716.00 – $12,908.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $867.26 | $46.99 – $718.74 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $265.50 | $46.99 – $531.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $764.40 | $1,287.00 – $4,776.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $297.31 | $46.99 – $484.27 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $223.20 | $1,266.00 – $13,012.00 |