Lo sag rig pnl stays pre cst at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$108.27
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.
$295.00
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.
$49.00 with Care 1st vs $225.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.00 | ↓ -55% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.00 | ↓ -55% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.25 | ↓ -48% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.25 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $64.68 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $74.25 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $74.25 | ↓ -31% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $90.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $90.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $105.75 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $108.00 | ↓ -0% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $112.50 | ↑ +4% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $114.75 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $117.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $128.25 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $130.50 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $130.50 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $148.50 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $148.50 | ↑ +37% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $157.50 | ↑ +45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $166.50 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $166.50 | ↑ +54% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $171.00 | ↑ +58% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $177.75 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $180.00 | ↑ +66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $202.50 | ↑ +87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $209.25 | ↑ +93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $209.25 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $218.25 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $225.00 | ↑ +108% |
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Lo sag rig pnl stays pre cst at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $109.45 | $49.00 – $202.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $541.88 | not published |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $419.48 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $513.19 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $350.63 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $513.19 | not published |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $78.21 | $49.00 – $203.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $541.88 | not published |