Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,976.30
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.
$5,385.00
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.
$632.17 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 | $632.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $632.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $632.17 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $632.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $632.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $632.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $632.17 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $632.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $632.17 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $834.46 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $888.20 | ↓ -55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $888.20 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,523.53 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +4% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +4% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +4% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $2,060.87 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,264.55 | ↑ +15% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,264.55 | ↑ +15% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $2,618.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,799.80 | ↑ +42% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $3,094.00 | ↑ +57% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,332.00 | ↑ +69% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,617.60 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,760.40 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $3,855.60 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↑ +97% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,712.40 | ↑ +138% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,760.00 | ↑ +141% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,760.00 | ↑ +141% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,760.00 | ↑ +141% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +152% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +174% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +182% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +193% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +283% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +296% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +310% |
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Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,997.84 | $632.17 – $3,808.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,433.05 | $956.41 – $6,113.64 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,724.35 | $2,225.71 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,185.65 | $632.17 – $11,444.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,907.48 | $632.17 – $4,768.68 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,258.10 | $2,345.04 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,007.07 | $2,124.23 – $9,858.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,652.40 | $8,005.00 – $25,998.00 |