Remove brain canal fluid at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,112.38
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.
$3,031.00
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.
$87.15 with Care 1st 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -92% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $143.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.03 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.03 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $331.11 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -66% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -66% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -66% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $412.58 | ↓ -63% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $412.58 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $447.89 | ↓ -60% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $510.10 | ↓ -54% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,667.05 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,970.15 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,121.70 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,303.56 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,394.49 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,455.11 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +161% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,000.69 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,031.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,031.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,031.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,123.00 | ↑ +181% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,643.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +245% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +265% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +272% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,362.00 | ↑ +292% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +403% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +445% |
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Remove brain canal fluid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,124.51 | $87.15 – $2,328.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,198.92 | $87.15 – $1,952.88 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $454.30 | $394.79 – $2,581.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $195.64 | $78.54 – $592.62 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $155.66 | $81.27 – $571.20 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $277.75 | $78.54 – $585.48 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $195.64 | $78.54 – $714.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $205.64 | $81.27 – $592.62 |