Trnscath plc stent crv crtd w/prtct at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$17,500.03
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.
$47,684.00
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.
$702.78 with Care 1st vs $47,684.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $702.78 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $702.78 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $702.78 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $702.78 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $702.78 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $702.78 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $702.78 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $702.78 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $702.78 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $808.41 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,085.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,085.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,861.32 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,517.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,239.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,588.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7,183.00 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9,248.00 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,754.00 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,518.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,971.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $23,842.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $30,994.60 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $33,378.80 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $36,239.84 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $37,670.36 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $38,624.04 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $42,438.76 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $47,207.16 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $47,684.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $47,684.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47,684.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Trnscath plc stent crv crtd w/prtct at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $17,690.77 | $702.78 – $42,438.76 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $4,918.50 | $612.43 – $1,995.14 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,657.65 | $864.42 – $10,075.26 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,976.80 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,976.80 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $9,926.80 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $9,926.80 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $1,976.80 | not published |