Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$42,194.36
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.
$114,971.00
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.
$508.93 with Molina vs $114,971.00 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 |
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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $508.93 | ↓ -99% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $508.93 | ↓ -99% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $508.93 | ↓ -99% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $508.93 | ↓ -99% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $508.93 | ↓ -99% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $508.93 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $508.93 | ↓ -99% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $508.93 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $508.93 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $671.79 | ↓ -98% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $715.05 | ↓ -98% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $715.05 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,226.52 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,659.11 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8,541.00 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,931.00 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,407.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $23,598.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $27,528.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32,962.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $44,811.18 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $44,811.18 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $55,402.92 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $57,485.50 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $74,731.15 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $80,479.70 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $87,377.96 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $90,827.09 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $93,126.51 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $113,821.29 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $114,971.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $114,971.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $114,971.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $508.93 – $40,737.44 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $28,282.54 | $769.96 – $80,511.58 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $45,154.86 | $508.93 – $103,391.96 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $40,152.17 | $508.93 – $100,380.42 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $19,895.87 | $508.93 – $56,845.32 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $48,827.91 | $2,995.00 – $43,676.48 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $26,421.12 | $6,920.00 – $74,686.95 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $55,886.77 | $508.93 – $107,432.82 |