Ivp w/nephrotomography at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$258.74
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.
$705.00
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.
$142.46 with LA Care vs $936.54 with Cigna — 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 | $142.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.46 | ↓ -45% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $142.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $142.46 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $188.05 | ↓ -27% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $200.16 | ↓ -23% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $200.16 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -13% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -13% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -13% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↓ -13% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $248.81 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $248.81 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $307.62 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $343.33 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $352.50 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.74 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $401.74 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $401.74 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $449.88 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $458.25 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $464.42 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $465.30 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $483.84 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $493.50 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $514.65 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $535.80 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $556.95 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $599.25 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $705.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $936.54 | ↑ +262% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $936.54 | ↑ +262% |
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Ivp w/nephrotomography at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $261.56 | $142.46 – $936.54 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,086.68 | $215.53 – $1,935.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,210.32 | $35.60 – $1,789.65 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,131.87 | $142.46 – $789.88 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,838.66 | $225.59 – $705.29 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,074.28 | $142.46 – $1,512.08 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,004.19 | $244.06 – $529.12 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,100.64 | $191.76 – $417.35 |