Vein x-ray skull at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,397.54
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.
$3,808.00
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.
$191.72 with Care 1st 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $191.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $191.72 | ↓ -86% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $191.72 | ↓ -86% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $191.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $191.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $191.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $191.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $191.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $191.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $269.37 | ↓ -81% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $269.37 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $462.05 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $615.93 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $625.01 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $662.42 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $909.60 | ↓ -35% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,904.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,475.20 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,513.28 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,665.60 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,779.84 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,894.08 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,008.32 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,236.80 | ↑ +132% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,808.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +186% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,188.80 | ↑ +200% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,188.80 | ↑ +200% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,178.88 | ↑ +271% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,009.21 | ↑ +974% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $15,009.21 | ↑ +974% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Vein x-ray skull at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,412.77 | $191.72 – $15,009.21 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $8,853.60 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $578.16 | $290.06 – $13,858.31 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $8,853.60 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $8,853.60 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $8,853.60 | $4,200.00 – $4,200.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $7,056.40 | $2,856.00 – $2,856.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $7,056.40 | $2,856.00 – $2,856.00 |