Intracranial angioplasty at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$6,006.33
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.
$16,366.00
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.
$1,083.64 with BCBS - Anthem vs $16,366.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,083.64 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7,183.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,183.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8,541.00 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,931.00 | ↑ +65% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $10,637.90 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,456.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12,438.16 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12,929.14 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $13,256.46 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,407.00 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +132% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $14,565.74 | ↑ +143% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +145% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,971.00 | ↑ +149% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16,202.34 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,366.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $16,366.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $16,366.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Intracranial angioplasty at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $13,399.74 | $8,260.11 – $25,392.19 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,621.68 | $3,301.20 – $13,204.80 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $6,840.48 | $4,666.00 – $13,634.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $16,490.49 | $5,087.04 – $20,772.08 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $8,206.01 | $9,560.40 – $15,774.66 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $10,714.16 | $1,091.85 – $38,402.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $10,371.20 | $1,807.00 – $7,764.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $21,399.84 | $4,932.00 – $17,015.00 |