Eeg monitor/record/awake/drowsy 95816 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$320.03

Cash price

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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.

$872.00

Gross charge

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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.

$86.73 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $86.73 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $86.73 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $86.73 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $86.73 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $86.73 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $86.73 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $86.73 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $86.73 ↓ -73%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $86.73 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $143.10 ↓ -55%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $193.19 ↓ -40%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $193.19 ↓ -40%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $292.50 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $331.38 ↑ +4%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $380.25 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $386.10 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $395.66 ↑ +24%
United Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +24%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +24%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +24%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $395.66 ↑ +24%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $409.50 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $427.05 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $435.23 ↑ +36%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $435.23 ↑ +36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $444.60 ↑ +39%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $448.25 ↑ +40%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $462.15 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $497.25 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $538.10 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $585.00 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $585.00 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|HMO $10,740.00 ↑ +3256%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,913.00 ↑ +4247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13,913.00 ↑ +4247%

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Eeg monitor/record/awake/drowsy 95816 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $323.52 $86.73 – $697.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $904.47 $106.68 – $1,610.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $455.09 $62.28 – $762.42
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,460.75 $290.98 – $489.34
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $695.50 $86.73 – $1,448.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $616.05 $86.73 – $906.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $637.00 $86.73 – $1,592.50
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,835.09 $306.58 – $618.40

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