Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$4,770.64
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.
$12,999.00
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.
$196.20 with Kaiser vs $13,407.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $258.98 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $275.66 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $275.66 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $472.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $639.61 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $4,146.45 | ↓ -13% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $4,900.35 | ↑ +3% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,277.30 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,729.64 | ↑ +20% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,955.81 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $6,106.59 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +44% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +44% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +44% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +44% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6,868.48 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,463.61 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,539.00 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,539.00 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7,539.00 | ↑ +58% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $7,555.33 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $7,555.33 | ↑ +58% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $7,830.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8,541.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,133.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,341.13 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,931.00 | ↑ +108% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,937.00 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,407.00 | ↑ +181% |
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Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,822.63 | $196.20 – $6,868.48 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $7,093.41 | $296.84 – $12,900.80 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,739.53 | $196.20 – $17,544.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,088.54 | $196.20 – $15,417.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,120.44 | $7,483.00 – $27,307.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,786.46 | $7,156.86 – $27,307.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,828.26 | $0.80 – $3,090.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $10,069.95 | $2,995.00 – $15,575.00 |