Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$924.84
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.
$2,520.00
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.
$185.15 with Care 1st vs $14,561.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $185.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $185.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $185.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $185.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $185.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $185.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $185.15 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $185.15 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $185.15 | ↓ -80% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $231.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $231.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $231.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $231.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $231.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $231.25 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $231.25 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $231.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $231.25 | ↓ -75% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $231.25 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $244.40 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $254.38 | ↓ -72% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $254.38 | ↓ -72% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $260.14 | ↓ -72% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $260.14 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $314.50 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $446.21 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $603.59 | ↓ -35% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,177.50 | ↑ +27% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,530.75 | ↑ +66% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,648.50 | ↑ +78% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,789.80 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,860.45 | ↑ +101% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,860.45 | ↑ +101% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,907.55 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,166.60 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,355.00 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,355.00 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,631.00 | ↑ +1158% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,561.00 | ↑ +1474% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,561.00 | ↑ +1474% |
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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $934.92 | $185.15 – $1,884.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $318.87 | $196.56 – $567.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $353.43 | $36.40 – $305.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $187.17 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $490.49 | $185.15 – $748.72 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $170.50 | $66.23 – $250.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $449.24 | $185.15 – $748.72 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $353.43 | not published |