Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$477.84
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.
$1,302.00
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.
$241.81 with Kaiser 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $241.81 | ↓ -49% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $241.81 | ↓ -49% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $241.81 | ↓ -49% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $241.81 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $241.81 | ↓ -49% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $241.81 | ↓ -49% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $241.81 | ↓ -49% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $241.81 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $241.81 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $398.98 | ↓ -17% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $535.56 | ↑ +12% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $535.56 | ↑ +12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $651.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $846.30 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $911.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $918.64 | ↑ +92% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $989.52 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,028.58 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,054.62 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,242.65 | ↑ +160% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,288.98 | ↑ +170% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,302.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,302.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +172% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,432.20 | ↑ +200% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,432.20 | ↑ +200% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,770.72 | ↑ +271% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↑ +714% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +880% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,684.64 | ↑ +880% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +943% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +1005% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +1067% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +1112% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +1537% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +1597% |
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Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $483.05 | $241.81 – $1,302.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,618.41 | $297.43 – $7,390.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,447.07 | $241.81 – $1,042.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $396.32 | $241.81 – $1,011.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $732.03 | $128.20 – $1,282.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $372.21 | $241.81 – $1,266.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,836.80 | $3,281.00 – $8,871.26 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $2,306.00 | $411.07 – $2,904.72 |