Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$2,466.24
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.
$6,720.00
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.
$155.94 with Molina vs $6,060.00 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.94 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.94 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.94 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $179.37 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $240.77 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $240.77 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $413.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $558.67 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -68% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -68% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -68% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $785.56 | ↓ -68% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $806.50 | ↓ -67% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $864.12 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $864.12 | ↓ -65% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,048.45 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,068.36 | ↓ -57% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,129.10 | ↓ -54% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,225.88 | ↓ -50% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,274.27 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,306.53 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,596.87 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,613.00 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,613.00 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,613.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +113% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +127% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +146% |
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Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,493.12 | $155.94 – $5,376.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,279.84 | $191.81 – $1,693.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,998.18 | $845.36 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,441.94 | $155.94 – $2,017.82 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,335.16 | $155.94 – $2,017.82 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,653.64 | $890.68 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,810.50 | $806.82 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $710.94 | $845.19 – $3,982.87 |