Plmt nephroureteral catheter at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,768.36
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.
$10,268.00
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.
$1,043.18 with LA Care vs $10,268.00 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 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -72% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -72% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -72% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,043.18 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,377.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,465.67 | ↓ -61% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,465.67 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,514.06 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $3,400.77 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +16% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +16% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +16% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4,382.26 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,820.49 | ↑ +28% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,820.49 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,647.40 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,959.87 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +68% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $6,674.20 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,187.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,803.68 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,111.72 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $8,317.08 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,165.32 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,268.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10,268.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,268.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Plmt nephroureteral catheter at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,425.82 | $1,043.18 – $4,924.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,127.37 | $1,311.39 – $8,044.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,689.17 | $1,043.18 – $5,621.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,294.76 | $1,043.18 – $5,621.28 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,892.32 | $5,004.98 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,421.70 | $4,533.71 – $10,413.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $7,838.63 | $1,043.18 – $10,750.32 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,417.62 | $2,238.00 – $6,732.00 |