Prim art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$2,572.31
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.
$7,009.00
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.
$983.90 with Care 1st vs $9,268.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $983.90 | ↓ -62% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $983.90 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $983.90 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $983.90 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $983.90 | ↓ -62% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $983.90 | ↓ -62% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $983.90 | ↓ -62% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $983.90 | ↓ -62% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $983.90 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,131.78 | ↓ -56% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,519.17 | ↓ -41% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,519.17 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,605.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $3,524.91 | ↑ +37% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,854.95 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,447.00 | ↑ +73% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $4,555.85 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,906.30 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +105% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,326.84 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,537.11 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $5,677.29 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +125% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $6,238.01 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,938.91 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7,009.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,009.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,009.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +204% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,268.00 | ↑ +260% |
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Prim art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,963.98 | $983.90 – $11,908.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6,180.62 | $1,210.20 – $11,006.58 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,825.94 | $983.90 – $13,339.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,592.28 | $983.90 – $13,339.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,720.67 | $2,747.00 – $9,175.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,415.69 | $2,699.00 – $26,648.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,599.85 | $857.41 – $7,428.12 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $4,367.13 | $1,716.00 – $15,202.00 |