Prq card angio/athrect addl at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$13,289.07
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.
$36,210.00
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.
$1,333.64 with BCBS - Anthem vs $36,210.00 with United — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,333.64 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,251.00 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,028.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $18,105.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $23,536.50 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $25,347.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $27,519.60 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $28,605.90 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $29,330.10 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $35,847.90 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36,210.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $36,210.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $36,210.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Prq card angio/athrect addl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $12,914.87 | $7,961.22 – $22,999.08 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $13,674.53 | $9,767.52 – $39,070.08 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $9,003.84 | $9,718.00 – $14,208.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $18,580.17 | $1,161.88 – $12,845.25 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $10,108.80 | $14,601.60 – $20,217.60 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $11,245.94 | $1,343.74 – $40,308.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $1,494.50 | $2,455.00 – $13,560.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $4,129.00 – $20,143.00 |