Instll rx agnt into rnal tub at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$277.82
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.
$757.00
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.
$136.77 with LA Care vs $5,592.00 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $136.77 | ↓ -51% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $136.77 | ↓ -51% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $136.77 | ↓ -51% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $136.77 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $136.77 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $136.77 | ↓ -51% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $136.77 | ↓ -51% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $136.77 | ↓ -51% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $136.77 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $157.26 | ↓ -43% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $211.09 | ↓ -24% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $211.09 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +11% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +11% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +11% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $309.02 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $339.92 | ↑ +22% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $339.92 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $362.08 | ↑ +30% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $416.35 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $420.27 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $489.78 | ↑ +76% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $492.05 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $529.90 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $575.32 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $598.03 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $613.17 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $749.43 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $757.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $757.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $757.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | ↑ +223% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | ↑ +573% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,123.00 | ↑ +1024% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +1182% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,643.00 | ↑ +1211% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +1283% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +1360% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +1391% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,362.00 | ↑ +1470% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +1913% |
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Instll rx agnt into rnal tub at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $280.85 | $136.77 – $605.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $458.35 | $119.19 – $635.88 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $396.04 | $136.77 – $327.69 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $927.32 | $56.67 – $1,510.48 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $606.55 | $191.34 – $5,977.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $168.23 – $539.32 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $336.70 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $136.77 – $309.02 |