Intracard echo interv w/s&i at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,148.71
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.
$3,130.00
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.
$310.47 with LA Care vs $14,699.00 with Aetna — 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 | $310.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $357.14 | ↓ -69% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $482.13 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $482.13 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $706.56 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $821.19 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $826.99 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,108.76 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,118.67 | ↓ -3% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,565.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,034.50 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,191.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,378.80 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,472.70 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,535.30 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,130.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,631.00 | ↑ +913% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +1112% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,561.00 | ↑ +1168% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,561.00 | ↑ +1168% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +1180% |
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Intracard echo interv w/s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,161.23 | $310.47 – $2,504.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $547.94 | $337.77 – $975.78 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,374.74 | $310.47 – $3,147.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,259.11 | $310.47 – $2,864.54 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,619.07 | $672.85 – $2,747.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,139.02 | $270.56 – $17,122.42 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,282.87 | $572.43 – $1,716.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,431.52 | $895.90 – $1,200.00 |