Venogram ext bil s&i at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,563.06
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.
$4,259.00
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.
$134.58 with Molina vs $7,372.90 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $134.58 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $134.58 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $134.58 | ↓ -91% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $134.58 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $134.58 | ↓ -91% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $134.58 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $134.58 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $134.58 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $134.58 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $177.65 | ↓ -89% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $189.08 | ↓ -88% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $189.08 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $324.34 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $406.29 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $436.96 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $438.73 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $447.52 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $520.12 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $702.26 | ↓ -55% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,338.00 | ↓ -14% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,739.40 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,766.16 | ↑ +13% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,873.20 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +26% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +26% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +26% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +26% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +26% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,033.76 | ↑ +30% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,114.04 | ↑ +35% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,171.18 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,171.18 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,676.00 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,676.00 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,676.00 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,676.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,684.37 | ↑ +72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,372.90 | ↑ +372% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $7,372.90 | ↑ +372% |
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Venogram ext bil s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,580.09 | $134.58 – $7,372.90 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $1,861.80 | $7.72 – $3,482.36 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $4,424.00 | $2,073.00 – $2,073.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,134.86 | $203.60 – $6,807.55 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $4,424.00 | $2,073.00 – $2,073.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $4,424.00 | $2,073.00 – $2,073.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $4,424.00 | $2,073.00 – $2,073.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $3,546.40 | $1,410.00 – $1,410.00 |