Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,276.80
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.
$3,479.00
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.
$244.80 with Molina 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $403.92 | ↓ -68% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $542.16 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $542.16 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $929.97 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,257.97 | ↓ -1% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,739.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +72% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +72% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +72% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +72% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +72% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +72% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +72% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,191.11 | ↑ +72% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,261.35 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,410.22 | ↑ +89% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,410.22 | ↑ +89% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,435.30 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,644.04 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,748.41 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,817.99 | ↑ +121% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,979.91 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,444.21 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,479.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,479.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,479.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3,891.00 | ↑ +205% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +290% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +314% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +324% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +337% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +354% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +395% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +493% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +513% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,109.00 | ↑ +535% |
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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,290.71 | $244.80 – $2,783.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,171.22 | $301.10 – $4,012.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,554.30 | $2,398.61 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $856.00 | $244.80 – $2,000.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,402.60 | $244.80 – $1,586.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $784.00 | $244.80 – $2,000.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $6,790.65 | $2,527.21 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,054.90 | $2,289.25 – $9,858.00 |