Veeg ea 12-26hr cont mntr at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,251.84
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.
$3,411.00
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.
$1,169.77 with Care 1st 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,169.77 | ↓ -7% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,169.77 | ↓ -7% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,169.77 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,169.77 | ↓ -7% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,169.77 | ↓ -7% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,169.77 | ↓ -7% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,169.77 | ↓ -7% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,169.77 | ↓ -7% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,169.77 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↑ +3% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↑ +3% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↑ +3% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↑ +3% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,292.70 | ↑ +3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,292.70 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,421.97 | ↑ +14% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,421.97 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,544.10 | ↑ +23% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,643.53 | ↑ +31% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,643.53 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,705.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,758.07 | ↑ +40% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,217.15 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,251.26 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,387.70 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,490.03 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,592.36 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,694.69 | ↑ +115% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $2,819.15 | ↑ +125% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,899.35 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,411.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,411.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $3,411.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +758% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +1011% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +1011% |
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Veeg ea 12-26hr cont mntr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,265.49 | $1,169.77 – $2,819.15 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,337.22 | $824.31 – $2,381.34 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,805.00 | $1,157.25 – $8,109.84 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,557.14 | $1,219.29 – $10,248.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,860.19 | $1,104.48 – $11,622.23 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $1,536.57 | $269.10 – $2,152.80 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,593.86 | $11,649.38 – $11,649.38 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $694.73 | $496.23 – $2,363.00 |