Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$42,194.36
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.
$114,971.00
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.
$1,027.04 with Molina vs $114,971.00 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 | $1,027.04 | ↓ -98% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,027.04 | ↓ -98% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,027.04 | ↓ -98% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,027.04 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,027.04 | ↓ -98% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,027.04 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,027.04 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,027.04 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,027.04 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,694.62 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,274.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,274.67 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $3,901.74 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $5,277.87 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9,248.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,754.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,681.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,518.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $23,598.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,345.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $27,528.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32,962.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $40,737.44 | ↓ -3% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $44,811.18 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $44,811.18 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $55,402.92 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $57,485.50 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $74,731.15 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $80,479.70 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $87,377.96 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $90,827.09 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $93,126.51 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $113,821.29 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $114,971.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $114,971.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $114,971.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $42,654.25 | $1,027.04 – $91,976.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $38,936.45 | $1,263.26 – $80,511.58 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $48,695.70 | $1,027.04 – $108,086.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $45,510.03 | $1,027.04 – $108,086.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $72,027.81 | $9,256.00 – $126,547.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $37,077.00 | $11,046.00 – $126,547.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $59,601.66 | $11,059.00 – $126,547.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $22,012.37 | $1,027.04 – $62,892.48 |