Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,129.26
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.
$3,077.00
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.
$12.39 with LA Care vs $3,077.00 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.39 | ↓ -99% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.39 | ↓ -99% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.39 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.84 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $26.84 | ↓ -98% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $47.09 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $63.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,692.35 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,846.20 | ↑ +63% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,000.05 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,153.90 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,184.67 | ↑ +93% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,246.21 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,276.98 | ↑ +102% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,338.52 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,400.06 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,430.83 | ↑ +115% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,523.14 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,769.30 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,046.23 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,077.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,077.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,077.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,141.57 | $12.39 – $2,461.60 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $132.75 | $8.00 – $30.34 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $151.76 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $217.25 | $15.24 – $386.88 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $151.76 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $151.76 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $151.76 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $202.80 | not published |