Trnscath plc vas stent w/s&i ea addl vein at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$6,434.25
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.
$17,532.00
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.
$127.33 with Care 1st vs $17,532.00 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 | $127.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.33 | ↓ -98% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $127.33 | ↓ -98% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $127.33 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $168.08 | ↓ -97% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $178.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $178.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $306.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $415.10 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,499.00 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $8,766.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $11,395.80 | ↑ +77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,460.00 | ↑ +78% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12,272.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13,324.32 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,850.28 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $14,200.92 | ↑ +121% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $15,603.48 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $17,356.68 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $17,532.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,532.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,532.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Trnscath plc vas stent w/s&i ea addl vein at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $6,504.38 | $127.33 – $15,603.48 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $2,863.50 | $50.00 – $5,374.05 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $18,642.40 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $11,215.43 | $192.64 – $19,972.68 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $18,642.40 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $18,642.40 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $18,642.40 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $8,392.80 | not published |