Ins vag brachytx device at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
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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.
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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.
$118.06 with Molina 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | — |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.06 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | — |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.06 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.06 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $118.06 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $118.06 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $155.84 | — |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $165.87 | — |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $165.87 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $284.52 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $384.88 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $386.50 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | — |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | — |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $386.50 | — |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $386.50 | — |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $425.15 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $425.15 | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $525.64 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,123.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,643.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,362.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ins vag brachytx device at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $118.06 – $386.50 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $277.95 | $391.93 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $247.26 | $86.82 – $706.44 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $750.72 | $424.02 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $5,563.68 | $333.14 – $1,597.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $505.22 | $99.84 – $971.19 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $353.22 | $118.06 – $1,266.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $281.75 | $353.00 – $2,581.00 |