Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,770.20
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.
$10,273.00
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.
$1,225.61 with Kaiser vs $10,273.00 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -67% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -67% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,225.61 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,617.81 | ↓ -57% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,721.98 | ↓ -54% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,721.98 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,953.72 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $3,995.49 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,447.00 | ↑ +18% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +19% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +19% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +19% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +19% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +19% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,932.42 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,932.42 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,650.15 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,098.27 | ↑ +62% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $6,677.45 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,191.10 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,807.48 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,115.67 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $8,321.13 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,268.00 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,170.27 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10,273.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,273.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,273.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,811.29 | $1,225.61 – $8,218.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,075.64 | $1,854.22 – $8,890.24 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,416.34 | $1,225.61 – $6,716.92 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,012.51 | $1,225.61 – $6,459.18 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,896.73 | $5,083.67 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,330.52 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $8,879.98 | $1,225.61 – $7,623.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,471.68 | $3,423.00 – $11,377.00 |