Right ventric recording at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$908.70
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.
$2,476.00
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.
$182.81 with Care 1st vs $14,699.00 with Aetna — 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 | $182.81 | ↓ -80% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $182.81 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $182.81 | ↓ -80% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $182.81 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $182.81 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $182.81 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $182.81 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $182.81 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $182.81 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $301.63 | ↓ -67% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $407.20 | ↓ -55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $407.20 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $698.47 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $944.81 | ↑ +4% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,238.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +70% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +70% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +70% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +70% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,609.40 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,696.75 | ↑ +87% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,696.75 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,733.20 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,881.76 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,956.04 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,005.56 | ↑ +121% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,097.80 | ↑ +131% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,401.72 | ↑ +164% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,401.72 | ↑ +164% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,476.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +448% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +538% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +761% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,631.00 | ↑ +1180% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +1432% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,561.00 | ↑ +1502% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,561.00 | ↑ +1502% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +1518% |
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Right ventric recording at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $492.75 | $188.86 – $15,525.00 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $3,180.80 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $938.20 | $224.86 – $2,803.82 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $3,180.80 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $3,180.80 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $3,180.80 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,034.80 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,034.80 | not published |