Repair blood vessel dir lower extr at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$843.37
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.
$2,298.00
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.
$610.50 with Molina vs $11,460.00 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 | $610.50 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $610.50 | ↓ -28% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $610.50 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $610.50 | ↓ -28% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $610.50 | ↓ -28% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $610.50 | ↓ -28% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $610.50 | ↓ -28% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $610.50 | ↓ -28% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $610.50 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +6% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +6% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +6% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +6% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $983.38 | ↑ +17% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $983.38 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,007.33 | ↑ +19% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,149.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,215.81 | ↑ +44% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,352.13 | ↑ +60% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,352.13 | ↑ +60% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,493.70 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,608.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,746.48 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,815.42 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,861.38 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,275.02 | ↑ +170% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,298.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,298.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,298.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,298.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,298.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +345% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +419% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +522% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,499.00 | ↑ +552% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↑ +660% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,442.00 | ↑ +782% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↑ +783% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,858.00 | ↑ +832% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↑ +1092% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,460.00 | ↑ +1259% |
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Repair blood vessel dir lower extr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $610.50 – $2,319.31 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,313.76 | $954.29 – $3,632.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,259.70 | $1,005.45 – $10,575.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $990.42 | $910.78 – $11,036.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $661.98 | $954.10 – $6,323.17 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $993.48 | $3,331.00 – $46,797.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,259.70 | $985.34 – $5,318.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $907.20 | $774.16 – $9,779.00 |