Ins cath ren art 1st bi at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,205.38
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.
$8,734.00
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.
$296.72 with Kaiser vs $10,056.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $391.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $416.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $416.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $715.10 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $967.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +25% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +25% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +25% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +25% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,269.65 | ↑ +33% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,399.13 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,399.13 | ↑ +37% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $5,045.95 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +65% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,434.10 | ↑ +70% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,438.93 | ↑ +70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +74% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,899.88 | ↑ +84% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,132.77 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $6,288.03 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,685.37 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,763.00 | ↑ +142% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,763.00 | ↑ +142% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7,763.00 | ↑ +142% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↑ +214% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ins cath ren art 1st bi at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,240.32 | $296.72 – $6,210.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,707.67 | $448.91 – $7,477.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,191.69 | $296.54 – $15,987.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,395.09 | $296.54 – $15,955.38 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $13,927.59 | $2,630.82 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,443.12 | $4,061.05 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,450.49 | $0.80 – $3,308.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,624.68 | $2,513.33 – $11,377.00 |