Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$2,740.03
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.
$7,466.00
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.
$624.66 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 | $624.66 | ↓ -77% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $624.66 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $624.66 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $624.66 | ↓ -77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $624.66 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $624.66 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $624.66 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $624.66 | ↓ -77% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $624.66 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $824.55 | ↓ -70% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $848.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $858.49 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $858.49 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $858.49 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $858.49 | ↓ -69% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $858.49 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $858.49 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $858.49 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $858.49 | ↓ -69% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $858.49 | ↓ -69% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $858.49 | ↓ -69% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $877.65 | ↓ -68% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $877.65 | ↓ -68% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $944.34 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $944.34 | ↓ -66% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,102.40 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,167.55 | ↓ -57% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,187.20 | ↓ -57% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,288.96 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,339.84 | ↓ -51% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,339.84 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,373.76 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,505.43 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,560.32 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,696.00 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,696.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,696.00 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,631.00 | ↑ +324% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,561.00 | ↑ +431% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,561.00 | ↑ +431% |
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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,769.89 | $624.66 – $1,505.43 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $963.17 | $593.73 – $1,715.22 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $389.56 | $135.13 – $1,030.69 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $500.31 | $667.00 – $680.61 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,482.17 | $624.66 – $2,265.76 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $512.16 | $198.95 – $753.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,357.50 | $624.24 – $2,265.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $946.56 | $680.61 – $680.61 |