Place duod/jej tube perc at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,851.15
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.
$5,044.00
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.
$1,033.45 with Western Growers vs $8,109.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 | $1,033.45 | ↓ -44% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,093.82 | ↓ -41% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,093.82 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,093.82 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,093.82 | ↓ -41% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,093.82 | ↓ -41% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,093.82 | ↓ -41% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,093.82 | ↓ -41% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,093.82 | ↓ -41% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,093.82 | ↓ -41% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,221.35 | ↓ -34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,315.30 | ↓ -29% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,428.04 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,443.84 | ↓ -22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,484.41 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,521.99 | ↓ -18% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,536.82 | ↓ -17% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,536.82 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,860.21 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,879.00 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,066.90 | ↑ +12% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,066.90 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,410.32 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,555.44 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +185% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +193% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +201% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +242% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +309% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +322% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +338% |
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Place duod/jej tube perc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,652.07 | $1,033.45 – $1,879.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,557.09 | $959.85 – $4,371.40 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,328.52 | $1,093.82 – $3,011.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,918.45 | $838.08 – $3,041.92 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,183.62 | $883.47 – $3,533.88 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,340.10 | $2,670.09 – $4,737.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,262.08 | $2,097.83 – $6,920.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $2,575.96 | $794.64 – $3,311.00 |