Pelvic MRI (with and without contrast) at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,650.04
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.
$4,496.00
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.
$332.91 with Molina vs $3,877.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $332.91 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $332.91 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $332.91 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $332.91 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $332.91 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $332.91 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $332.91 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $332.91 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $332.91 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $439.44 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -72% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -72% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -72% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -72% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $467.74 | ↓ -72% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $467.74 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $499.15 | ↓ -70% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $499.15 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $617.13 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $802.31 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $828.27 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $828.27 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $828.27 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,085.29 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,356.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,356.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,464.62 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,575.17 | ↓ -5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,248.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,470.00 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,872.00 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,922.40 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,967.36 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,147.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,416.96 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,551.84 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,877.00 | ↑ +135% |
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Pelvic MRI (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,668.02 | $332.91 – $3,596.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,609.61 | $453.77 – $4,647.24 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,470.72 | $71.43 – $3,448.35 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $8,809.23 | $470.15 – $5,844.35 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,962.19 | $332.91 – $5,141.08 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $8,919.08 | $332.91 – $3,771.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,372.78 | $332.91 – $2,111.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $11,866.68 | $495.35 – $7,385.80 |