Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$303.51
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.
$827.00
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.
$35.46 with LA Care vs $14,561.00 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.46 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.46 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.46 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.46 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.46 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.46 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.46 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.46 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.46 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $49.82 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $49.82 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $85.46 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $115.60 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -46% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -46% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -46% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↓ -46% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $180.16 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $180.16 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $218.50 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $222.74 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $253.95 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $342.88 | ↑ +13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $413.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $529.28 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $537.55 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $578.90 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $628.52 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $653.33 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $744.30 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $827.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,072.00 | ↑ +583% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,631.00 | ↑ +3732% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $12,607.00 | ↑ +4054% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,607.00 | ↑ +4054% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,561.00 | ↑ +4698% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,561.00 | ↑ +4698% |
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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $306.82 | $35.46 – $727.76 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $260.18 | $40.03 – $594.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $53.84 | $25.78 – $107.67 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $534.48 | $164.65 – $182.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $42.80 | $26.80 – $746.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $185.82 | $35.46 – $273.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $64.29 | $26.80 – $1,149.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $786.93 | $188.91 – $208.08 |