Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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.
$47.10 with Kaiser vs $570.84 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.10 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.10 | ↓ -59% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.10 | ↓ -59% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.10 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.10 | ↓ -59% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.10 | ↓ -59% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.10 | ↓ -59% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $47.10 | ↓ -59% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $47.10 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $62.17 | ↓ -46% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.18 | ↓ -42% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.18 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $113.51 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +18% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +18% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +18% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +18% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $135.12 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $137.83 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $148.63 | ↑ +30% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $148.63 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $153.55 | ↑ +34% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $164.91 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $177.36 | ↑ +55% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $183.76 | ↑ +60% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $202.80 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $205.92 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $218.40 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $227.76 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $237.12 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↑ +114% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $246.48 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $265.20 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $312.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.84 | ↑ +399% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $570.84 | ↑ +399% |
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Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $115.76 | $47.10 – $570.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $503.81 | $21.27 – $744.96 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $437.07 | $140.89 – $460.76 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,341.99 | $5.18 – $20.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $961.35 | $148.44 – $603.82 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $112.71 | $129.38 – $263.41 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $321.93 | $47.10 – $897.90 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $271.83 | $145.47 – $495.39 |