Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced each unit at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$2,688.28
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.
$7,325.00
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.
$499.53 with Care 1st vs $14,561.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $499.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $499.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $499.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $499.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $499.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $499.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $499.53 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $499.53 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $499.53 | ↓ -81% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $618.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $618.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $618.91 | ↓ -77% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $618.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $618.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $618.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $618.91 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $618.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $618.91 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $618.91 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $659.38 | ↓ -75% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $680.80 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $680.80 | ↓ -75% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $683.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $701.84 | ↓ -74% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $701.84 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $841.72 | ↓ -69% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $887.90 | ↓ -67% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $956.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,038.16 | ↓ -61% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,079.14 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,079.14 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,106.46 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,203.87 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,256.72 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,366.00 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,366.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,366.00 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,631.00 | ↑ +333% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,561.00 | ↑ +442% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,561.00 | ↑ +442% |
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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced each unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,717.58 | $499.53 – $1,203.87 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $870.31 | $536.49 – $1,549.86 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $361.84 | $97.42 – $824.22 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $265.20 | $501.36 – $511.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,337.93 | $499.53 – $2,042.32 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $461.54 | $179.28 – $679.14 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,225.40 | $499.53 – $2,042.32 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $265.20 | $511.59 – $511.59 |