Insert swan-ganz cath at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,651.14
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.
$4,499.00
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.
$145.71 with Molina vs $10,155.00 with Aetna — 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 | $145.71 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $145.71 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $240.42 | ↓ -85% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $324.56 | ↓ -80% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $324.56 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $556.71 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $753.06 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,032.50 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,171.18 | ↑ +31% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,171.18 | ↑ +31% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,642.25 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,684.37 | ↑ +63% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,845.50 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +76% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,089.40 | ↑ +87% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,211.35 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $3,292.65 | ↑ +99% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,024.35 | ↑ +144% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,065.00 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,065.00 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,065.00 | ↑ +146% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $4,511.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,261.00 | ↑ +219% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,300.00 | ↑ +282% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↑ +288% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↑ +351% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $9,447.00 | ↑ +472% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↑ +509% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,155.00 | ↑ +515% |
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Insert swan-ganz cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,669.13 | $145.71 – $3,599.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,137.93 | $141.65 – $3,734.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,070.24 | $145.71 – $4,740.26 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,929.43 | $145.71 – $4,740.26 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,628.03 | $2,235.08 – $7,745.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,763.58 | $2,024.63 – $9,008.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,517.76 | $2,120.93 – $7,151.31 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,480.38 | $145.71 – $7,421.00 |