Transcath mv repair addl prosthesis at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$5,757.50
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.
$15,688.00
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.
$372.67 with Care 1st vs $25,662.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $372.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $372.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $372.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $372.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $372.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $372.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $372.67 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $372.67 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $372.67 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $491.92 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $523.60 | ↓ -91% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $523.60 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $898.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,214.90 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,628.40 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $10,197.20 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,981.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11,922.88 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12,393.52 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $12,707.28 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +142% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $13,962.32 | ↑ +143% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $15,531.12 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $15,688.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $15,688.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,688.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $16,348.00 | ↑ +184% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,009.00 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $25,662.00 | ↑ +346% |
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Transcath mv repair addl prosthesis at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $372.67 – $898.13 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $24,789.76 | $372.67 – $56,761.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $22,704.64 | $372.67 – $56,761.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,417.94 | $372.67 – $12,622.68 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $17,730.15 | $691.00 – $12,568.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $8,125.67 | $372.67 – $15,620.22 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $11,407.50 | $372.67 – $22,815.00 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $12,932.64 | $1,266.00 – $18,454.00 |