Prq cardiac angio addl art at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$6,583.62
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.
$17,939.00
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 $17,939.00 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 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6,251.00 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,969.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↑ +53% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $11,660.35 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12,557.30 | ↑ +91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,028.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13,633.64 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14,171.81 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $14,530.59 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $17,759.61 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $17,939.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,939.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,939.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Prq cardiac angio addl art at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $6,783.31 | $4,181.49 – $12,079.86 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,767.78 | $9,074.50 – $17,786.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,383.32 | $5,085.45 – $18,458.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,938.88 | $7,745.00 – $24,453.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $8,073.30 | $9,008.00 – $24,039.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,837.27 | $4,883.76 – $19,535.04 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $12,617.40 | $4,812.00 – $15,575.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,722.24 | $9,718.00 – $11,117.00 |