Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$13,806.18
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.
$37,619.00
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.
$854.44 with Molina vs $37,619.00 with United — 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 | $854.44 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $854.44 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $854.44 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $854.44 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $854.44 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $854.44 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $854.44 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $854.44 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $854.44 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,409.83 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,892.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,892.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $3,246.03 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $4,390.89 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,681.00 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -4% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -4% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $13,593.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +1% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $14,626.98 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $14,626.98 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $15,857.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $18,084.26 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $18,809.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,987.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,345.00 | ↑ +76% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $24,452.35 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $26,333.30 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $28,590.44 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $29,719.01 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $30,471.39 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $37,242.81 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $37,619.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $37,619.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $37,619.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $854.44 – $13,297.25 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $14,400.13 | $1,050.96 – $25,925.22 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $25,457.16 | $7,716.00 – $20,143.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $16,040.16 | $854.44 – $36,727.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $14,990.48 | $854.44 – $37,476.18 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $19,382.04 | $7,745.00 – $62,607.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $11,737.14 | $9,008.00 – $62,607.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $18,866.94 | $9,031.00 – $62,607.00 |