System cardiomems hosp electronics at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$41,639.82
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.
$113,460.00
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.
$25,786.25 with Kern Health System vs $103,145.00 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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| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $25,786.25 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $25,786.25 | ↓ -38% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $25,786.25 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $34,037.85 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $34,037.85 | ↓ -18% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $41,258.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $41,258.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $48,478.15 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $49,509.60 | ↑ +19% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $51,572.50 | ↑ +24% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $52,603.95 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $53,635.40 | ↑ +29% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $58,792.65 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $59,824.10 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59,824.10 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $68,075.70 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $68,075.70 | ↑ +63% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $72,201.50 | ↑ +73% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76,327.30 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $76,327.30 | ↑ +83% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $78,390.20 | ↑ +88% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $81,484.55 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $82,516.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $92,830.50 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95,924.85 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $95,924.85 | ↑ +130% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $100,050.65 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $103,145.00 | ↑ +148% |
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System cardiomems hosp electronics at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $19,110.00 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $19,110.00 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $20,580.00 | not published |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $72,374.00 | not published |