Digital analysis of eeg at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$149.01
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.
$406.00
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.
$133.51 with LA Care vs $13,913.00 with United — 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 | $133.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -10% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $133.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $203.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $220.29 | ↑ +48% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $263.90 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $267.96 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $284.20 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $296.38 | ↑ +99% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $297.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $297.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $308.56 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $320.74 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $345.10 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $406.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $406.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $406.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $406.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +7108% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +9237% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +9237% |
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Digital analysis of eeg at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $150.63 | $133.51 – $406.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $261.52 | $45.80 – $366.40 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,216.32 | $2,547.75 – $2,547.75 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $209.09 | $133.51 – $406.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $135.45 | $78.75 – $1,058.35 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $120.82 | $133.51 – $7,832.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $119.32 | $91.50 – $895.36 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $133.20 | $116.00 – $5,761.00 |