Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$335.81
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.
$915.00
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.
$62.38 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,821.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.38 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.38 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.38 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.38 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.38 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.38 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.38 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $62.38 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $62.38 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $71.76 | ↓ -79% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.31 | ↓ -71% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.31 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $165.21 | ↓ -51% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $211.75 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $223.47 | ↓ -33% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $250.25 | ↓ -25% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $269.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $292.60 | ↓ -13% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $304.15 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $311.85 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $375.07 | ↑ +12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↑ +12% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↑ +12% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $375.07 | ↑ +12% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $381.15 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $385.00 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $385.00 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $385.00 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $412.58 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $412.58 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $510.10 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | ↑ +457% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,123.00 | ↑ +830% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,643.00 | ↑ +985% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +1044% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +1108% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,362.00 | ↑ +1199% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +1384% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +1625% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +2229% |
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Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $142.84 | $62.38 – $375.07 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $491.88 | $76.73 – $875.94 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $550.80 | $413.65 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $480.22 | $62.38 – $1,099.56 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $68.60 | $21.99 – $83.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $356.33 | $62.38 – $890.82 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $612.51 | $435.83 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $700.74 | $394.79 – $8,018.00 |