Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$114.51
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.
$312.00
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.
$25.10 with Molina vs $424.11 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.10 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.10 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.10 | ↓ -78% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.10 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.10 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.10 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.10 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.10 | ↓ -78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.10 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $33.13 | ↓ -71% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.27 | ↓ -69% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.27 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $60.49 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $75.55 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $81.25 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $81.83 | ↓ -29% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $93.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -2% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -2% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -2% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $114.12 | ↓ -0% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $120.90 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $122.76 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $123.07 | ↑ +7% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $123.07 | ↑ +7% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $130.20 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $135.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $141.36 | ↑ +23% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $146.94 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $152.16 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $158.10 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $182.03 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $182.03 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $186.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $424.11 | ↑ +270% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $424.11 | ↑ +270% |
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Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $115.76 | $25.10 – $424.11 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $132.72 | $37.97 – $391.59 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $271.58 | $17.61 – $401.58 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $232.56 | $102.94 – $354.36 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $315.01 | $25.10 – $380.27 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $295.71 | $7.51 – $28.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $274.01 | $25.10 – $447.03 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $629.85 | $123.56 – $447.83 |