Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,651.14
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.
$4,499.00
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.
$150.81 with Molina vs $6,300.00 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $150.81 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $150.81 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $150.81 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $150.81 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $150.81 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $150.81 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $150.81 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $150.81 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $150.81 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $173.47 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $232.85 | ↓ -86% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $232.85 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $399.41 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $540.28 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,171.18 | ↑ +31% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,171.18 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,474.45 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,684.37 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +76% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,924.35 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,149.30 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,419.24 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,554.21 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $3,644.19 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +151% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,454.01 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,499.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,499.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,499.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $4,511.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,261.00 | ↑ +219% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +238% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +239% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,300.00 | ↑ +282% |
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Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,669.13 | $150.81 – $3,599.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $607.95 | $185.50 – $2,776.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,519.91 | $1,921.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,121.79 | $150.81 – $2,127.58 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $305.03 | $118.49 – $448.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $851.04 | $150.81 – $1,794.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,136.61 | $2,235.08 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,917.02 | $2,024.63 – $8,018.00 |