Removal central venous device tunneled w/port/pump central/peripheral insertion at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$4,266.75
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.
$11,626.00
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.
$183.71 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,821.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $183.71 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $183.71 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $183.71 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $183.71 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $183.71 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $183.71 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $183.71 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $183.71 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $183.71 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $211.32 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $283.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $283.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $486.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $658.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,280.95 | ↓ -70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,513.85 | ↓ -65% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,630.30 | ↓ -62% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,770.04 | ↓ -59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,839.91 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,886.49 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,973.80 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↓ -54% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↓ -54% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↓ -54% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,171.18 | ↓ -49% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,171.18 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,305.71 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,329.00 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,329.00 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,329.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,684.37 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +83% |
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Removal central venous device tunneled w/port/pump central/peripheral insertion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,313.25 | $183.71 – $9,300.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,173.84 | $225.96 – $3,734.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,012.57 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,778.34 | $183.71 – $3,558.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,808.86 | $183.71 – $2,277.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,658.16 | $183.71 – $2,641.10 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,349.68 | $2,235.08 – $7,455.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,356.71 | $2,024.63 – $8,018.00 |