Injection into brain canal at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,021.73
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.
$2,784.00
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.
$162.34 with LA Care 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $162.34 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $162.34 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $162.34 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $162.34 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $162.34 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $162.34 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $162.34 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $162.34 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $162.34 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $267.85 | ↓ -74% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $359.55 | ↓ -65% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $359.55 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -63% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -63% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $412.58 | ↓ -60% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $412.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $510.10 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $616.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $834.27 | ↓ -18% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,531.20 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,809.60 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,948.80 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,115.84 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,199.36 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,255.04 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,756.16 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,784.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,784.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,784.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +185% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,123.00 | ↑ +206% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +249% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,643.00 | ↑ +257% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +276% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +297% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +305% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,362.00 | ↑ +327% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +447% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +493% |
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Injection into brain canal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,032.87 | $162.34 – $2,136.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $447.78 | $435.83 – $6,200.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $747.06 | $162.34 – $1,034.88 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,988.64 | $335.57 – $5,171.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,458.48 | $162.34 – $1,206.81 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,199.41 | $152.73 – $1,953.67 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $543.90 | $394.79 – $2,581.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $779.52 | $335.57 – $4,188.00 |