Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,875.16
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.
$10,559.00
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.
$370.07 with Molina vs $13,028.00 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $370.07 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $370.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $370.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $370.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $370.07 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $370.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $370.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $370.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $370.07 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $488.49 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $519.95 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $519.95 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $891.87 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,206.43 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,122.60 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↑ +6% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↑ +6% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↑ +6% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↑ +6% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $4,122.60 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +7% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,534.86 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,534.86 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,606.74 | ↑ +45% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,807.45 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,251.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $6,515.00 | ↑ +68% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $6,863.35 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,391.30 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,442.00 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $7,599.00 | ↑ +96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,858.00 | ↑ +103% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,024.84 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,341.61 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $8,552.79 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,100.00 | ↑ +135% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,453.41 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10,559.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,559.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,559.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,028.00 | ↑ +236% |
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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,917.39 | $370.07 – $8,447.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,908.67 | $559.88 – $7,471.42 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,059.82 | $4,129.00 – $11,185.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,105.19 | $370.07 – $11,239.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,675.78 | $370.07 – $10,584.98 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,559.11 | $4,645.79 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,857.86 | $4,208.34 – $17,611.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $3,036.03 | $4,408.51 – $6,323.17 |