Place cath xtrnl carotid at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,879.04
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.
$5,120.00
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.
$88.61 with Care 1st vs $10,056.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.61 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.61 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $124.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $124.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $213.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $288.87 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $513.32 | ↓ -73% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,816.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +55% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,328.00 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,584.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,891.20 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,044.80 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $4,147.20 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,556.80 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5,068.80 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5,120.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,120.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,120.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +223% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↑ +241% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↑ +296% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↑ +435% |
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Place cath xtrnl carotid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,899.52 | $88.61 – $4,556.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,866.28 | $134.06 – $5,104.32 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $712.98 | $588.14 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,283.24 | $88.61 – $12,097.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,838.85 | $88.61 – $12,097.12 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $13,158.00 | $793.66 – $7,745.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $359.04 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $287.13 | $5,981.00 – $20,799.00 |