Path clin consltj prolng svc at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$171.03
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.
$466.00
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.
$233.00 with Western Growers vs $466.00 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $233.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $302.90 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $307.56 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $326.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $354.16 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $368.14 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $461.34 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $466.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $466.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $466.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Path clin consltj prolng svc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $172.89 | $233.00 – $372.80 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $249.96 | $80.50 – $157.78 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $192.48 | $74.77 – $283.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $228.93 | $45.36 – $537.28 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $379.15 | $66.40 – $531.20 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $159.94 | $114.24 – $456.96 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $245.66 | $286.20 – $472.23 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $135.45 | $78.75 – $315.00 |