Upgrade pm system at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$14,426.77
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.
$39,310.00
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.
$455.42 with Molina vs $39,310.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $455.42 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $455.42 | ↓ -97% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $455.42 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $455.42 | ↓ -97% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $455.42 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $455.42 | ↓ -97% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $455.42 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $455.42 | ↓ -97% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $455.42 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $751.44 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,008.65 | ↓ -93% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,008.65 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,730.14 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,340.35 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $6,406.00 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,449.00 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $10,056.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,681.00 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -8% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -8% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $13,297.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $13,593.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $14,626.98 | ↑ +1% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $14,626.98 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $15,857.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $18,084.26 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,987.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $19,655.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,345.00 | ↑ +69% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $25,551.50 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $27,517.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $29,875.60 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $31,054.90 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $31,841.10 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $38,916.90 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39,310.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $39,310.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $39,310.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Upgrade pm system at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $455.42 – $13,297.25 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $14,636.21 | $560.17 – $26,064.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $13,520.95 | $455.42 – $30,959.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $12,600.84 | $455.42 – $31,502.10 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $16,780.02 | $9,008.00 – $62,607.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $7,163.02 | $455.42 – $20,465.76 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $15,456.57 | $5,318.00 – $20,488.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $3,962.40 | $9,718.00 – $24,869.57 |