Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$780.98
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.
$2,128.00
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.
$276.77 with Care 1st vs $2,565.73 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $276.77 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $276.77 | ↓ -65% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $276.77 | ↓ -65% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $276.77 | ↓ -65% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $276.77 | ↓ -65% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $276.77 | ↓ -65% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $276.77 | ↓ -65% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $276.77 | ↓ -65% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $276.77 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $365.34 | ↓ -53% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $388.86 | ↓ -50% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $388.86 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $667.02 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -12% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -12% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -12% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $683.93 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $752.32 | ↓ -4% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $752.32 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $762.91 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $820.50 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $902.27 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $930.14 | ↑ +19% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,064.00 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,348.20 | ↑ +73% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,383.20 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,404.48 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,489.60 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,566.93 | ↑ +101% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,617.28 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,681.12 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,115.64 | ↑ +171% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,565.73 | ↑ +229% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,565.73 | ↑ +229% |
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Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $789.49 | $276.77 – $2,565.73 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,047.22 | $418.73 – $3,645.72 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $860.89 | $107.65 – $1,244.51 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,642.48 | $276.77 – $4,780.44 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,470.53 | $276.77 – $2,405.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,912.18 | $276.77 – $2,704.43 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,571.02 | $755.17 – $1,309.59 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,612.11 | $698.35 – $1,485.08 |