Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$327.00
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.
$891.00
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.
$111.72 with Care 1st 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.72 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.72 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.72 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $184.34 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -39% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -39% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $198.80 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $218.68 | ↓ -33% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $218.68 | ↓ -33% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.85 | ↓ -24% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.85 | ↓ -24% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $270.37 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $426.86 | ↑ +31% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $445.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $577.41 | ↑ +77% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $579.15 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $588.06 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $623.70 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $650.43 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $677.16 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $703.89 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $732.03 | ↑ +124% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $732.03 | ↑ +124% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $757.35 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $891.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $891.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +3184% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +4155% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +4155% |
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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $330.57 | $111.72 – $732.03 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $700.80 | $137.42 – $1,111.20 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $402.99 | $31.29 – $429.71 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $700.23 | $290.98 – $648.99 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $566.25 | $111.72 – $1,168.16 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,565.44 | $111.72 – $473.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $406.12 | $111.72 – $771.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $230.52 | $306.58 – $820.16 |