Neurolysis celiac plexus at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$821.72
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.
$2,239.00
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.
$135.43 with Molina vs $8,109.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.43 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $135.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.43 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $135.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $135.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $135.43 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $223.46 | ↓ -73% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $299.94 | ↓ -63% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $299.94 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $514.49 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $695.94 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,231.45 | ↑ +50% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,244.32 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,244.32 | ↑ +51% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,455.35 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,538.43 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,567.30 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,701.64 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,768.81 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,813.59 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,216.61 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,239.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,239.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,239.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +333% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↑ +374% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +404% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $4,511.00 | ↑ +449% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,261.00 | ↑ +540% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +543% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +579% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +581% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,300.00 | ↑ +667% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +887% |
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Neurolysis celiac plexus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $830.67 | $135.43 – $1,791.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,474.31 | $166.58 – $2,625.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,313.77 | $135.43 – $5,095.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,018.41 | $135.43 – $2,300.06 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $578.89 | $135.43 – $957.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $2,400.06 | $1,230.71 – $4,042.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,608.96 | $966.94 – $6,920.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,170.60 | $135.43 – $1,066.96 |