Place non-slctv cath thoracic arta at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,489.44
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.
$9,508.00
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.
$173.86 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 | $173.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $173.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $173.86 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $173.86 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $173.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $173.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $173.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $173.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $173.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $244.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $244.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $419.00 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $503.33 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $566.78 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,399.13 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,399.13 | ↑ +26% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,229.40 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,438.93 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $6,180.20 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,655.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,226.08 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,511.32 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $7,701.48 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,412.92 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,508.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,508.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,508.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↑ +188% |
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Place non-slctv cath thoracic arta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,527.47 | $173.86 – $7,606.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,684.41 | $263.04 – $8,342.10 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,457.24 | $173.86 – $14,785.26 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,914.11 | $173.86 – $14,785.26 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,119.60 | $4,061.05 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,062.28 | $173.86 – $17,320.80 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,678.74 | $1,476.68 – $11,377.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,972.32 | $3,451.89 – $7,883.00 |