Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$652.53
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.
$1,778.00
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.
$460.62 with Kern Health System 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $460.62 | ↓ -29% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $460.62 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +35% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +35% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +35% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +35% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $879.92 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $938.30 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $967.91 | ↑ +48% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $967.91 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,108.90 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,194.20 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,196.69 | ↑ +83% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,296.56 | ↑ +99% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,347.74 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,381.86 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,688.94 | ↑ +159% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,706.00 | ↑ +161% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,706.00 | ↑ +161% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,706.00 | ↑ +161% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +446% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +475% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +489% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +522% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +535% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +571% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +703% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +757% |
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Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $659.64 | $460.62 – $1,364.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $334.20 | $206.01 – $1,526.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,184.28 | $879.92 – $2,277.52 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,622.71 | $1,018.77 – $3,859.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,052.13 | $612.63 – $2,223.62 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $986.96 | $322.77 – $1,291.08 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,314.05 | $72.24 – $294.98 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $929.06 | $245.19 – $817.30 |