Injection for shoulder arthrogram or enhanced ct/mri shoulder arthography (both sides) at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$248.83
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.
$678.00
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.
$197.80 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 | $197.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $197.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $197.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $197.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $197.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $197.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $197.80 | ↓ -21% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $197.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $197.80 | ↓ -21% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $260.15 | ↑ +5% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $307.45 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $326.37 | ↑ +31% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $331.10 | ↑ +33% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $359.48 | ↑ +44% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $373.67 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $383.13 | ↑ +54% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $420.97 | ↑ +69% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $438.09 | ↑ +76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $438.09 | ↑ +76% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $468.27 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $473.00 | ↑ +90% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $473.00 | ↑ +90% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $473.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $473.00 | ↑ +90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $473.00 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +1331% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +1444% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +1530% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +1565% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +2147% |
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Injection for shoulder arthrogram or enhanced ct/mri shoulder arthography (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $251.54 | $197.80 – $473.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $179.58 | $110.70 – $410.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $266.22 | $139.40 – $329.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $497.76 | $268.25 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $638.58 | $197.80 – $677.18 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,057.61 | $31.05 – $197.80 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $568.40 | $186.57 – $677.18 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $594.15 | $383.97 – $6,200.00 |