Pq thr inj ext pse at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$278.19
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.
$758.00
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.
$179.44 with Partnership Health Plan vs $6,060.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 | $179.44 | ↓ -35% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -35% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -35% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $179.44 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $206.41 | ↓ -26% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.05 | ↓ -0% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.05 | ↓ -0% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $394.90 | ↑ +42% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $466.70 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $475.23 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $502.60 | ↑ +81% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $545.68 | ↑ +96% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $567.22 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $581.58 | ↑ +109% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $642.84 | ↑ +131% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $710.82 | ↑ +156% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $718.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $718.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $718.00 | ↑ +158% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $718.00 | ↑ +158% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $718.00 | ↑ +158% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $718.00 | ↑ +158% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $718.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $718.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $718.00 | ↑ +158% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $718.00 | ↑ +158% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $718.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +182% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↑ +182% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $789.80 | ↑ +184% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $789.80 | ↑ +184% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $976.48 | ↑ +251% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +945% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +1180% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +1249% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +1281% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +1358% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +1389% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +1473% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +1784% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +1910% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +2078% |
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Pq thr inj ext pse at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $281.22 | $179.44 – $718.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $378.87 | $220.71 – $1,452.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,171.47 | $845.36 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $674.10 | $179.44 – $1,441.58 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,563.44 | $179.44 – $1,650.32 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $985.49 | $179.44 – $1,314.18 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,009.80 | $890.68 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,053.15 | $806.82 – $8,018.00 |