Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img exstng trct at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$4,135.36
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.
$11,268.00
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.
$973.94 with LA Care vs $10,254.00 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $973.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $973.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $973.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $973.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $973.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $973.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $973.94 | ↓ -76% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $973.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $973.94 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,285.60 | ↓ -69% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,368.39 | ↓ -67% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,368.39 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,347.20 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $3,175.04 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +6% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +6% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +6% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +6% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,820.49 | ↑ +17% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,820.49 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,639.70 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,959.87 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↑ +51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↑ +59% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $6,665.10 | ↑ +61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,177.80 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,793.04 | ↑ +88% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,100.66 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $8,305.74 | ↑ +101% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,151.46 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,254.00 | ↑ +148% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10,254.00 | ↑ +148% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,254.00 | ↑ +148% |
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Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img exstng trct at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,180.43 | $973.94 – $6,008.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,169.37 | $1,473.48 – $8,044.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,947.30 | $973.94 – $7,201.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,454.68 | $973.94 – $7,201.04 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,451.39 | $5,004.98 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,151.51 | $4,533.71 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,206.93 | $973.94 – $8,867.04 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,321.74 | $2,238.00 – $11,377.00 |