Perq plmt bile duct stent at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$5,694.01
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.
$15,515.00
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 $14,713.00 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 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,447.00 | ↓ -22% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,570.73 | ↓ -20% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,570.73 | ↓ -20% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,570.73 | ↓ -20% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,570.73 | ↓ -20% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,570.73 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,570.73 | ↓ -20% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,570.73 | ↓ -20% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $4,570.73 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $4,570.73 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,033.36 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $6,421.88 | ↑ +13% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $6,421.88 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +30% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +30% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +30% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $7,413.14 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $7,830.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,092.15 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $8,154.45 | ↑ +43% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $8,154.45 | ↑ +43% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,133.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,268.00 | ↑ +63% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $9,563.45 | ↑ +68% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10,081.87 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,299.10 | ↑ +81% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,937.00 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $11,015.46 | ↑ +93% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11,181.88 | ↑ +96% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,623.27 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $11,917.53 | ↑ +109% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14,565.87 | ↑ +156% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,713.00 | ↑ +158% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,713.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $14,713.00 | ↑ +158% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14,713.00 | ↑ +158% |
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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 | $5,458.53 | $4,570.73 – $11,770.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,759.70 | $3,550.50 – $13,082.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,812.95 | $4,570.73 – $20,179.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,836.48 | $4,570.73 – $19,591.18 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $7,085.70 | $2,530.29 – $11,289.70 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $12,989.28 | $5,357.00 – $14,384.78 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $8,366.18 | $3,213.50 – $6,427.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $3,913.82 | $3,226.44 – $20,979.65 |