Remove ventricular device 33977 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,918.10
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.
$10,676.00
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.
$1,042.84 with Care 1st vs $18,365.00 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 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -73% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,720.69 | ↓ -56% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,309.67 | ↓ -41% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,309.67 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $3,961.77 | ↑ +1% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $5,338.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $5,359.08 | ↑ +37% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $6,939.40 | ↑ +77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7,183.00 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,473.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,113.76 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,434.04 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $8,647.56 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $9,501.64 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,569.24 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,676.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,676.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10,676.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $11,699.00 | ↑ +199% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,604.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +255% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +275% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,971.00 | ↑ +282% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $18,365.00 | ↑ +369% |
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Remove ventricular device 33977 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $1,042.84 – $3,961.77 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,014.39 | $1,042.84 – $8,612.52 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $5,577.97 | $1,042.84 – $10,722.69 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $3,009.62 | $1,042.84 – $9,116.72 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $2,394.52 | $1,042.84 – $8,787.20 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $4,272.78 | $1,042.84 – $9,006.88 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $3,009.62 | $1,042.84 – $10,984.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $3,163.40 | $1,042.84 – $9,116.72 |