Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$11,988.43
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.
$32,666.00
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.
$408.43 with Kaiser vs $32,666.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $408.43 | ↓ -97% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $408.43 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $408.43 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $408.43 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $408.43 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $408.43 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $408.43 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $408.43 | ↓ -97% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $408.43 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $673.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $904.57 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $904.57 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,551.61 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,098.85 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $11,033.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,681.00 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,829.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13,297.25 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↑ +11% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↑ +11% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↑ +11% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↑ +11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $13,593.00 | ↑ +13% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $14,626.98 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $14,626.98 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $15,857.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $16,333.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $17,319.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $18,084.26 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,987.00 | ↑ +58% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $21,232.90 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $22,866.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,345.00 | ↑ +103% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $24,826.16 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $25,806.14 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $26,459.46 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $32,339.34 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32,666.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $32,666.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $32,666.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Ins/rpl pm gen exist dual lead at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $408.43 – $13,297.25 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $11,555.76 | $502.37 – $25,925.22 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $23,962.86 | $12,159.00 – $62,607.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $9,223.96 | $408.43 – $26,354.16 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $16,258.08 | $8,912.00 – $24,869.57 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $16,379.58 | $408.43 – $31,486.95 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $7,101.95 | $408.43 – $25,455.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $4,134.20 | $3,969.00 – $24,869.57 |