Pr removal drug delivery implant at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$453.62
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.
$1,236.00
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.
$89.94 with Partnership Health Plan vs $5,242.00 with Health Net — 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 | $89.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.94 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.94 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $89.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $89.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $126.37 | ↓ -72% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $126.37 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $148.41 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $216.76 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $293.20 | ↓ -35% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +12% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +12% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $557.72 | ↑ +23% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $557.72 | ↑ +23% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $679.80 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $689.55 | ↑ +52% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $803.40 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $865.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $939.36 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $976.44 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,001.16 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,223.64 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,236.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,236.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,236.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | ↑ +312% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +727% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +747% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +794% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +865% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +1056% |
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Pr removal drug delivery implant at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $458.56 | $89.94 – $988.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $764.49 | $593.00 – $1,687.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $240.43 | $46.31 – $175.42 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $850.17 | $634.29 – $3,331.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $871.59 | $574.56 – $3,331.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,484.10 | $601.89 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $426.36 | $1,847.00 – $20,799.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $430.13 | $89.94 – $596.40 |