Plasma volume multiple at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,234.59
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.
$3,364.00
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.
$75.18 with Care 1st vs $6,851.62 with Cigna — 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 | $75.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $75.18 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $75.18 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $75.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $75.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $75.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $75.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $75.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $75.18 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.24 | ↓ -92% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.63 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.63 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $181.18 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $245.09 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $306.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $330.13 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $685.40 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $796.60 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,075.55 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +34% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +34% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +34% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +34% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +34% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,658.74 | ↑ +34% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,682.00 | ↑ +36% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,824.61 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,824.61 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,186.60 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,220.24 | ↑ +80% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,255.89 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,354.80 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,556.64 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,657.56 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +138% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,938.37 | ↑ +138% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +138% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +138% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,851.62 | ↑ +455% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,851.62 | ↑ +455% |
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Plasma volume multiple at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,248.05 | $75.18 – $6,851.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,068.27 | $75.18 – $1,501.36 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $959.62 | $75.18 – $1,826.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,957.00 | $75.18 – $1,741.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $418.25 – $2,035.50 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $619.86 – $2,035.50 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $754.98 – $2,035.50 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $240.82 – $1,744.34 |