Inst via cath agent pleurds at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$879.34
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.
$2,396.00
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.
$225.99 with Molina vs $6,060.00 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 | $225.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $225.99 | ↓ -74% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $225.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $225.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $225.99 | ↓ -74% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $225.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $225.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $225.99 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $225.99 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $298.31 | ↓ -66% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $317.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $317.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $544.64 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $736.73 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -11% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -11% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -11% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $864.12 | ↓ -2% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $864.12 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,068.36 | ↑ +21% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,317.80 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,557.40 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,677.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,820.96 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,892.84 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,940.76 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,372.04 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,396.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,396.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,396.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +231% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +305% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +327% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +371% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +398% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +496% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +501% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +534% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +536% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +589% |
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Inst via cath agent pleurds at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $888.92 | $225.99 – $1,916.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $485.75 | $299.43 – $1,452.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,169.73 | $225.99 – $2,678.34 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,900.10 | $225.99 – $1,225.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,071.34 | $225.99 – $2,678.34 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,171.47 | $890.68 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,509.60 | $806.82 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $710.94 | $845.19 – $5,198.77 |