Tte w or without contr, cont ecg at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$2,222.19
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.
$6,055.00
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.
$1,003.85 with HPN vs $13,913.00 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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| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -55% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,003.85 | ↓ -55% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,104.23 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,104.24 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,365.24 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,072.57 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,408.82 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,027.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,252.34 | ↑ +46% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,935.75 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $3,996.30 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,238.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $4,511.00 | ↑ +103% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,601.80 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,783.45 | ↑ +115% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,261.00 | ↑ +137% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,055.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,300.00 | ↑ +184% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +383% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +526% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +526% |
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Tte w or without contr, cont ecg at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $3,158.40 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $3,158.40 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $3,158.40 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $3,158.40 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $3,158.40 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,130.16 | $1,008.25 – $6,127.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,763.42 | $952.80 – $4,918.36 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,006.88 | $857.02 – $5,171.00 |