Membrane collgn porcine maci w/autologous cult chondrocytes at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$73,765.17
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.
$200,995.00
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.
$50,248.75 with BCBS - Anthem vs $200,995.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $50,248.75 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $79,081.20 | ↑ +7% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $80,398.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $82,407.95 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $82,407.95 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $96,821.34 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $100,497.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $100,707.66 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $100,707.66 | ↑ +37% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $102,507.45 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $111,024.67 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $120,116.70 | ↑ +63% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $120,116.70 | ↑ +63% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $122,428.93 | ↑ +66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $129,099.90 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $130,327.56 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $140,696.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $146,914.70 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $152,756.20 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $158,786.05 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $162,805.95 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $174,375.44 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $200,995.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $200,995.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Membrane collgn porcine maci w/autologous cult chondrocytes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $74,569.15 | $38,582.94 – $160,796.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $35,455.52 | $31,355.22 – $221,691.13 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $39,334.16 | $19,094.25 – $76,377.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $131,891.85 | $79,081.20 – $293,093.00 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $85,304.50 | $51,557.66 – $234,353.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $84,468.72 | $33,910.80 – $255,872.40 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $67,205.04 | $51,975.00 – $246,624.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $119,920.92 | $33,910.80 – $252,789.60 |