Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$192.68
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.
$525.00
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.
$23.39 with Kern Health System vs $689.55 with Kaiser — 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.39 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.88 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.52 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $57.55 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $77.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $83.22 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $89.55 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $91.47 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $91.47 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $152.94 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $177.75 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $240.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $262.50 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $324.26 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $324.26 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $324.26 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $324.26 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $341.25 | ↑ +77% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $341.25 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $346.50 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $367.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $399.00 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $414.75 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $472.50 | ↑ +145% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +163% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +163% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +163% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +163% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +163% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +163% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +163% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +163% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +163% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $507.02 | ↑ +163% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $557.72 | ↑ +189% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $557.72 | ↑ +189% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $689.55 | ↑ +258% |
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Rbc serum pretx incubj drugs at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $194.78 | $23.39 – $507.02 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $207.18 | $36.13 – $368.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $108.93 | $27.47 – $165.87 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $74.90 | $23.88 – $165.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $64.83 | $23.88 – $165.38 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $299.78 | $52.50 – $420.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $154.35 | $23.88 – $525.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $144.00 | $156.02 – $1,062.94 |