Transcatheter bx s&i at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,810.78
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.
$4,934.00
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.
$570.44 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,934.00 with United — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $570.44 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,678.15 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,804.82 | ↓ -0% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,467.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,207.10 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $3,256.44 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,453.80 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,488.27 | ↑ +93% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,749.84 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,897.86 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,054.20 | ↑ +124% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,884.66 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,934.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,934.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,934.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,934.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Transcatheter bx s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,830.52 | $1,740.33 – $3,947.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $854.98 | $527.04 – $1,522.56 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $3,606.40 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $3,606.40 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $2,288.00 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $2,288.00 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $3,606.40 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $3,606.40 | not published |