Replace aortic valve w/byp open aprch 33368 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$26,687.14
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.
$72,717.00
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.
$601.64 with Care 1st vs $72,717.00 with United — 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 | $601.64 | ↓ -98% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $601.64 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $601.64 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $601.64 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $601.64 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $601.64 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $601.64 | ↓ -98% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $601.64 | ↓ -98% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $601.64 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $794.16 | ↓ -97% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $845.30 | ↓ -97% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $845.30 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,449.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,961.35 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $8,541.00 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,931.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,681.00 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,407.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,345.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $36,358.50 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $47,266.05 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $50,901.90 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $55,264.92 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $57,446.43 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $58,900.77 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $64,718.13 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $71,989.83 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $72,717.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $72,717.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $72,717.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Replace aortic valve w/byp open aprch 33368 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $601.64 – $1,449.95 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $25,533.20 | $601.64 – $58,463.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $22,704.64 | $601.64 – $56,761.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,125.44 | $601.64 – $3,215.52 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $2,807.70 | $1,807.00 – $7,764.00 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | $4,199.65 | $1,821.00 – $9,648.00 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $1,607.55 | $4,588.50 – $9,891.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $910.22 – $910.22 |