Perq plmt bile duct stent at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$6,175.88
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.
$16,828.00
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.
$3,562.00 with BCBS - Anthem vs $16,828.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↓ -33% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,189.49 | ↓ -32% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,189.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,189.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,189.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,189.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,189.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,189.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,189.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,189.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,447.00 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,530.13 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $5,886.23 | ↓ -5% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $5,886.23 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +20% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $7,830.00 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $8,154.45 | ↑ +32% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $8,154.45 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,133.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $9,255.40 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,268.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10,081.87 | ↑ +63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $10,096.67 | ↑ +63% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,937.00 | ↑ +77% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $10,938.20 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,779.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12,789.28 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,294.12 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $13,630.68 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $13,657.74 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16,659.72 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $16,828.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $16,828.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,828.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $6,243.19 | $4,189.49 – $13,462.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,759.70 | $3,550.50 – $13,082.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,329.31 | $4,189.49 – $19,071.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,628.72 | $4,189.49 – $19,071.78 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,516.43 | $3,226.02 – $12,904.08 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,111.44 | $3,423.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $11,294.88 | $5,357.00 – $14,384.78 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $8,436.73 | $4,189.49 – $16,218.18 |