Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,109.96
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.
$8,474.00
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.
$248.64 with Care 1st vs $14,971.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $286.02 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $383.92 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $383.92 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $658.53 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $890.80 | ↓ -71% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,237.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $5,508.10 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,931.80 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,440.24 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,694.46 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $6,863.94 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7,183.00 | ↑ +131% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $7,541.86 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,389.26 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,474.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,474.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8,474.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8,541.00 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,931.00 | ↑ +219% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,407.00 | ↑ +331% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +348% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +373% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,971.00 | ↑ +381% |
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Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,143.86 | $248.64 – $7,541.86 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,603.04 | $305.83 – $4,635.54 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $822.62 | $248.64 – $1,883.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $768.32 | $248.64 – $1,864.94 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,556.49 | $9,256.00 – $32,162.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,170.05 | $11,046.00 – $31,625.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $4,050.93 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $785.28 | $216.68 – $2,243.64 |