Insert sq defib electrode at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$2,374.49
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.
$6,470.00
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.
$428.89 with Molina vs $24,345.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 | $428.89 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.89 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.89 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.89 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.89 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.89 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.89 | ↓ -82% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $428.89 | ↓ -82% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $428.89 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $566.13 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $602.59 | ↓ -75% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $602.59 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,033.62 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,398.18 | ↓ -41% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,235.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $4,205.50 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,529.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,917.20 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,111.30 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $5,240.70 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↑ +163% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,405.30 | ↑ +170% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6,470.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,470.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,470.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,470.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,470.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,470.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,470.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,470.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,470.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $6,470.00 | ↑ +172% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $6,470.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↑ +177% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $7,117.00 | ↑ +200% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $7,117.00 | ↑ +200% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8,541.00 | ↑ +260% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,799.20 | ↑ +271% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,931.00 | ↑ +318% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +343% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +343% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $11,310.00 | ↑ +376% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,681.00 | ↑ +392% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $13,193.00 | ↑ +456% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,407.00 | ↑ +465% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,799.00 | ↑ +565% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,345.00 | ↑ +925% |
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Insert sq defib electrode at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $428.89 – $10,515.46 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6,502.11 | $648.86 – $20,488.56 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,926.96 | $428.89 – $11,741.96 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $12,772.00 | $428.89 – $24,552.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $2,462.25 | $4,589.00 – $19,690.54 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $13,318.59 | $386.00 – $21,694.19 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $3,593.45 | $4,589.00 – $19,690.54 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $2,391.75 | $428.89 – $10,911.25 |