Plmt biliary drainage cath at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,407.97
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.
$9,286.00
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.
$1,507.82 with Partnership Health Plan vs $9,286.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,507.82 | ↓ -56% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,507.82 | ↓ -56% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,507.82 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,507.82 | ↓ -56% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,507.82 | ↓ -56% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,507.82 | ↓ -56% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,507.82 | ↓ -56% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,507.82 | ↓ -56% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,507.82 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,990.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,118.49 | ↓ -38% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,118.49 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $3,633.85 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,447.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +32% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +32% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +32% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +32% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,484.02 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $4,915.49 | ↑ +44% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,932.42 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,932.42 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,107.30 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $6,035.90 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,098.27 | ↑ +79% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,500.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,057.36 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,335.94 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $7,521.66 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9,193.14 | ↑ +170% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,268.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,286.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,286.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,286.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Plmt biliary drainage cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,721.13 | $1,507.82 – $8,024.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,075.64 | $1,895.94 – $8,890.24 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,416.34 | $1,507.82 – $6,588.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,167.35 | $1,507.82 – $6,588.54 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,330.52 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $8,762.67 | $1,507.82 – $25,036.20 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,471.68 | $3,423.00 – $11,377.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,555.20 | $3,914.24 – $8,519.24 |