Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$154.51
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.
$421.00
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.
$34.27 with Care 1st vs $570.84 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 | $34.27 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.27 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.27 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.27 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.27 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.27 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.27 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $34.27 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $34.27 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $45.24 | ↓ -71% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $48.15 | ↓ -69% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $48.15 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $82.59 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $111.72 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -13% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -13% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -13% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $137.83 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $148.63 | ↓ -4% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↓ -4% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $183.76 | ↑ +19% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $202.80 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $205.92 | ↑ +33% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $218.40 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $227.76 | ↑ +47% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $237.12 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $246.48 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $265.20 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $312.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $312.00 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $312.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.84 | ↑ +269% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.84 | ↑ +269% |
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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $156.20 | $34.27 – $570.84 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $233.02 | $51.84 – $527.07 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $491.34 | $21.27 – $726.53 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $503.88 | $140.89 – $666.63 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $469.09 | $34.27 – $628.18 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,341.99 | $6.73 – $26.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $495.88 | $34.27 – $601.70 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,018.47 | $148.44 – $842.45 |