Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$342.05
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.
$932.00
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.
$55.94 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 | $55.94 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.94 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.94 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.94 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.94 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.94 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.94 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $55.94 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $55.94 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $73.84 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -78% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -78% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -78% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -78% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $75.47 | ↓ -78% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.60 | ↓ -77% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.60 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $83.02 | ↓ -76% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $83.02 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $102.64 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $134.82 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $182.36 | ↓ -47% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $466.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $605.80 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $652.40 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $680.36 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $708.32 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $736.28 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $754.92 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $792.20 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $932.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $932.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +3040% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +3968% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +3968% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $345.78 | $55.94 – $745.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $124.40 | $56.78 – $221.52 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $550.93 | $11.88 – $739.14 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $431.43 | $55.94 – $858.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $434.34 | $55.94 – $987.84 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,517.25 | $83.76 – $776.89 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $904.74 | $75.87 – $881.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,118.88 | $64.49 – $140.37 |