Rmvl pm gen w/rplc pm gen mlt lead sys at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$11,195.34
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.
$30,505.00
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.
$301.56 with Molina vs $32,955.28 with Kaiser — 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 | $301.56 | ↓ -97% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $301.56 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $301.56 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $301.56 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $301.56 | ↓ -97% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $301.56 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $301.56 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $301.56 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $301.56 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $398.06 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $423.69 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $423.69 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $726.76 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $983.09 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $15,252.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $16,338.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $19,058.00 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $19,828.25 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $21,353.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,820.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $23,183.80 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $24,098.95 | ↑ +115% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +116% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +116% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +116% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +116% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +116% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $24,231.82 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $24,709.05 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $26,655.00 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $26,655.00 | ↑ +138% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $30,199.95 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30,505.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $30,505.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $30,505.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $32,955.28 | ↑ +194% |
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Rmvl pm gen w/rplc pm gen mlt lead sys at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $301.56 – $24,231.82 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $13,385.72 | $456.23 – $46,866.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $11,848.33 | $301.48 – $27,129.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $11,048.92 | $301.48 – $27,622.28 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $28,650.27 | $6,200.00 – $89,248.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $21,022.20 | $7,809.00 – $89,248.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $33,793.62 | $8,005.00 – $89,248.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $11,393.68 | $301.48 – $32,553.36 |