Biopsy cervixsingle/multiple 57500 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$646.29

Cash price

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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.

$1,761.00

Gross charge

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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.

$46.52 with Molina vs $6,060.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $46.52 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $46.52 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $46.52 ↓ -93%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $46.52 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $46.52 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $46.52 ↓ -93%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $46.52 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $46.52 ↓ -93%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $46.52 ↓ -93%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $65.36 ↓ -90%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $65.36 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $76.76 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $112.11 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $151.66 ↓ -77%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $968.55 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,106.36 ↑ +71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,106.36 ↑ +71%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,106.36 ↑ +71%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,106.36 ↑ +71%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,106.36 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,106.36 ↑ +71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,106.36 ↑ +71%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,106.36 ↑ +71%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $1,106.36 ↑ +71%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $1,106.36 ↑ +71%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $1,144.65 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $1,217.00 ↑ +88%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $1,217.00 ↑ +88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,232.70 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,338.36 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,391.19 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $1,426.41 ↑ +121%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,504.65 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $1,743.39 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,761.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,761.00 ↑ +172%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,761.00 ↑ +172%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,907.00 ↑ +350%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,562.00 ↑ +451%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,753.00 ↑ +481%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,842.00 ↑ +494%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,056.00 ↑ +528%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,142.00 ↑ +541%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,377.00 ↑ +577%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $5,242.00 ↑ +711%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,592.00 ↑ +765%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6,060.00 ↑ +838%

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Biopsy cervixsingle/multiple 57500 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $46.52 – $1,106.36
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,424.43 $1,241.22 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $133.87 $46.52 – $196.98
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,583.55 $1,307.76 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,593.24 $1,184.62 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,360.79 $1,240.97 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $940.95 $3,331.00 – $20,799.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $475.70 $46.52 – $1,359.12

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