Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$9,349.70
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.
$25,476.00
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.
$1,618.76 with LA Care vs $24,345.00 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -83% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -83% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -83% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,618.76 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,136.76 | ↓ -77% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,274.36 | ↓ -76% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,274.36 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $3,901.21 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $5,277.16 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -23% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -23% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -23% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -23% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $7,830.00 | ↓ -16% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $7,968.78 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $7,968.79 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,133.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,852.32 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,561.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,937.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $11,150.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,681.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $13,311.10 | ↑ +42% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $15,731.30 | ↑ +68% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $16,941.40 | ↑ +81% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $18,393.52 | ↑ +97% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $19,119.58 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $19,603.62 | ↑ +110% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $23,959.98 | ↑ +156% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,202.00 | ↑ +159% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $24,202.00 | ↑ +159% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $24,202.00 | ↑ +159% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,345.00 | ↑ +160% |
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Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $11,153.01 | $1,618.76 – $19,361.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,082.99 | $2,449.02 – $13,090.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $13,664.76 | $1,618.76 – $30,936.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $12,655.72 | $1,618.76 – $29,882.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,262.62 | $6,200.00 – $27,307.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,594.19 | $7,320.30 – $27,307.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $6,769.23 | $8,222.00 – $51,997.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,895.77 | $0.80 – $9,564.24 |