Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,174.04
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.
$3,199.00
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.
$224.72 with LA Care vs $7,572.00 with Health Net — 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.72 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.72 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $258.50 | ↓ -78% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $346.98 | ↓ -70% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $346.98 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $595.17 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $805.09 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $892.65 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | ↓ -24% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,054.95 | ↓ -10% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,136.10 | ↓ -3% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,233.48 | ↑ +5% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,282.17 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,314.63 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,606.77 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,623.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,623.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,623.00 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,623.00 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,623.00 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,623.00 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,623.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,623.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,623.00 | ↑ +38% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,623.00 | ↑ +38% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,623.00 | ↑ +38% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,785.30 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,785.30 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +75% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +75% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,207.28 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +245% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +253% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +362% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +376% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +439% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +545% |
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Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,186.83 | $224.72 – $1,623.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,011.78 | $276.41 – $3,763.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $943.78 | $323.12 – $1,168.85 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $765.70 | $224.72 – $1,723.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,293.04 | $224.72 – $2,044.28 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,843.97 | $224.72 – $1,723.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,782.05 | $1,727.00 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,357.22 | $1,802.00 – $9,858.00 |