Vein x-ray liver at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$3,413.10
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.
$9,300.00
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.
$604.38 with BCBS - Anthem vs $15,009.21 with Cigna — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $604.38 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $615.93 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $662.42 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,828.75 | ↑ +12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $3,875.50 | ↑ +14% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +17% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +17% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +17% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +17% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,399.13 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,399.13 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,449.92 | ↑ +30% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $5,038.15 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $5,115.66 | ↑ +50% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,425.70 | ↑ +59% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,438.93 | ↑ +59% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,890.76 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,008.20 | ↑ +76% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,123.29 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,438.74 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,009.21 | ↑ +340% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $15,009.21 | ↑ +340% |
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Vein x-ray liver at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,709.26 | $638.75 – $15,009.21 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $1,120.50 | $8.25 – $6,985.01 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $10,326.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,595.11 | $496.94 – $13,858.31 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $10,326.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $10,326.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $10,326.40 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $7,056.40 | $2,856.00 – $2,856.00 |