Insert tunneled cv cath at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,049.77
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.
$8,310.00
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.
$300.98 with Molina vs $13,028.00 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 | $300.98 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $300.98 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $300.98 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $300.98 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $300.98 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $300.98 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $300.98 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $300.98 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $300.98 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $346.46 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $465.06 | ↓ -85% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $465.06 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $797.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,079.06 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +31% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +31% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +31% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,399.13 | ↑ +44% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,399.13 | ↑ +44% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,570.50 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +63% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $5,401.50 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,438.93 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +90% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,817.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,251.00 | ↑ +105% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,315.60 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,564.90 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $6,731.10 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +156% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,226.90 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,310.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8,310.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,310.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,028.00 | ↑ +327% |
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Insert tunneled cv cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,083.01 | $300.98 – $6,648.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,580.61 | $370.21 – $8,157.24 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,925.19 | $300.98 – $8,987.58 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,595.04 | $300.98 – $8,987.58 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,888.93 | $0.80 – $5,263.44 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,772.63 | $300.98 – $3,442.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $2,541.70 | $2,455.00 – $7,332.00 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | $3,182.90 | $2,455.00 – $7,629.00 |