Artery x-rays adrenals at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$5,120.39
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.
$13,952.00
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.
$222.03 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 | $222.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $222.03 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $222.03 | ↓ -96% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $222.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $222.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $222.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $222.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $222.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $222.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $311.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $311.95 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $496.16 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $535.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $723.82 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $814.63 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $876.12 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,828.68 | ↓ -25% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -22% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -22% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,999.21 | ↓ -22% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $4,399.13 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $4,399.13 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,449.84 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,438.93 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,008.09 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,438.74 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,438.74 | ↑ +26% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $6,976.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $9,068.80 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $9,208.32 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,766.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $10,603.52 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,022.08 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,009.21 | ↑ +193% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $15,009.21 | ↑ +193% |
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Artery x-rays adrenals at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,176.20 | $222.03 – $15,009.21 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,418.96 | $222.03 – $13,457.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,163.03 | $222.03 – $15,820.61 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,600.43 | $222.03 – $7,184.02 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $7,468.53 | $222.03 – $13,631.88 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $2,677.01 | $222.03 – $9,595.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $3,251.44 | $199.83 – $10,361.48 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $6,032.04 | $199.83 – $14,028.00 |