Bronchoscopy w/fb removal 31635 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$445.18
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.
$1,213.00
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.
$239.25 with Care 1st 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $239.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $239.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $239.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $239.25 | ↓ -46% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $239.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $239.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $239.25 | ↓ -46% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $239.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $239.25 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $394.76 | ↓ -11% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $529.87 | ↑ +19% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $529.87 | ↑ +19% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $606.50 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $788.45 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $849.10 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $908.88 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $921.88 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $958.27 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $982.53 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,200.87 | ↑ +170% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,213.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,334.30 | ↑ +200% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,334.30 | ↑ +200% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,649.68 | ↑ +271% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +392% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +392% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↑ +774% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +1019% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +1086% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +1117% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +1153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +1201% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +1320% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +1601% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +1657% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +1722% |
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Bronchoscopy w/fb removal 31635 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $450.03 | $239.25 – $1,213.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $782.71 | $294.28 – $3,574.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,554.30 | $2,398.61 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $755.85 | $239.25 – $1,017.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $395.14 | $239.25 – $1,008.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,223.42 | $2,527.21 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,054.90 | $2,289.25 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $640.67 | $112.20 – $1,122.00 |