Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$6,370.02
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.
$17,357.00
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.
$299.06 with Molina vs $24,345.00 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 | $299.06 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.06 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $493.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $662.35 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $662.35 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,136.12 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,536.83 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,442.00 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,858.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,678.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +65% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +65% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +65% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +65% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +65% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +65% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $10,515.46 | ↑ +65% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $11,282.05 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $11,310.00 | ↑ +78% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $11,567.01 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $11,567.01 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,681.00 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12,149.90 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13,191.32 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $13,193.00 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,712.03 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $14,059.17 | ↑ +121% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $14,301.03 | ↑ +125% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,799.00 | ↑ +148% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $17,183.43 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,357.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,357.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $17,357.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,345.00 | ↑ +282% |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $299.06 – $10,515.46 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,581.00 | $367.84 – $20,488.56 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $16,525.53 | $7,716.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,955.05 | $299.06 – $16,738.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8,369.60 | $299.06 – $16,738.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $15,840.09 | $7,745.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $12,452.16 | $9,008.00 – $46,622.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $8,326.26 | $6,323.17 – $11,149.80 |