Valvuloplasty aortic at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$5,219.85
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.
$14,223.00
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.
$1,108.37 with Molina vs $24,345.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,108.37 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,108.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,108.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,108.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,108.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,108.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,108.37 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,108.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,108.37 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,828.81 | ↓ -65% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $2,468.82 | ↓ -53% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $2,468.82 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $4,234.78 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $5,728.37 | ↑ +10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $7,111.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7,244.35 | ↑ +39% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↑ +39% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↑ +39% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↑ +39% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↑ +39% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $7,244.35 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $7,830.00 | ↑ +50% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $7,968.78 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $7,968.79 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $9,133.00 | ↑ +75% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $9,244.95 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $9,590.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,852.32 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,956.10 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $10,809.48 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,937.00 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,151.00 | ↑ +114% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,236.17 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $11,520.63 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,681.00 | ↑ +124% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +167% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14,080.77 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14,223.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,223.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,223.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +182% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15,054.00 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,345.00 | ↑ +366% |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $2,933.70 | $1,155.33 – $16,470.68 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $14,980.00 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,149.13 | $1,363.30 – $13,090.66 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $14,980.00 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $14,980.00 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $14,980.00 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $9,375.60 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $9,375.60 | not published |