Removal duct glbldr calculi at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$847.04
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.
$2,308.00
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.
$744.60 with Care 1st vs $10,056.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $744.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $744.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $744.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $744.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $744.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $744.60 | ↓ -12% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $744.60 | ↓ -12% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $744.60 | ↓ -12% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $744.60 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $982.87 | ↑ +16% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,046.16 | ↑ +24% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,046.16 | ↑ +24% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,269.40 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,500.20 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,615.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,754.08 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,794.49 | ↑ +112% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,823.32 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,869.48 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,054.12 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,284.92 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,308.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,308.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,308.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,308.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +354% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +379% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,447.00 | ↑ +425% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↑ +656% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↑ +779% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,268.00 | ↑ +994% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↑ +1087% |
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Removal duct glbldr calculi at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,687.00 | $744.60 – $8,844.82 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,333.23 | $1,126.51 – $4,155.06 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,714.66 | $744.60 – $13,084.96 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,233.99 | $744.60 – $13,084.96 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $10,027.76 | $744.60 – $28,650.72 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $4,519.20 | $1,200.00 – $9,718.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,156.69 | $744.60 – $2,223.54 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $4,048.65 | $744.60 – $8,097.30 |