Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$153.41
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.
$418.00
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.
$108.71 with Molina vs $8,109.00 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.
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 | $108.71 | ↓ -29% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $108.71 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $108.71 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $108.71 | ↓ -29% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $108.71 | ↓ -29% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $108.71 | ↓ -29% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $108.71 | ↓ -29% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $108.71 | ↓ -29% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $108.71 | ↓ -29% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $152.74 | ↓ -0% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $152.74 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $179.37 | ↑ +17% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $209.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $260.00 | ↑ +69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $261.99 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $280.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $304.00 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $316.00 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $324.00 | ↑ +111% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $354.39 | ↑ +131% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $396.00 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $400.00 | ↑ +161% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $400.00 | ↑ +161% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $400.00 | ↑ +161% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $400.00 | ↑ +161% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $400.00 | ↑ +161% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $400.00 | ↑ +161% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $400.00 | ↑ +161% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $400.00 | ↑ +161% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $400.00 | ↑ +161% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $400.00 | ↑ +161% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $400.00 | ↑ +161% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $440.00 | ↑ +187% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $440.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $544.00 | ↑ +255% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $777.77 | ↑ +407% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $777.77 | ↑ +407% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,123.00 | ↑ +1936% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +2222% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,643.00 | ↑ +2275% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +2404% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↑ +2436% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +2544% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +2600% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,362.00 | ↑ +2743% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +3545% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +5186% |
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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $148.40 | $108.71 – $400.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $552.37 | $164.46 – $1,458.18 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,176.57 | $995.98 – $2,695.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $114.56 | $42.17 – $159.74 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,308.15 | $1,049.38 – $7,483.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,315.80 | $950.57 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $808.35 | $995.78 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $852.72 | $1,333.00 – $20,799.00 |