Electronic analysis with brain program first 15 min 95983 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

$47.71

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.

$130.00

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.

$43.92 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 $43.92 ↓ -8%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $43.92 ↓ -8%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $43.92 ↓ -8%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $43.92 ↓ -8%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $43.92 ↓ -8%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $43.92 ↓ -8%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $43.92 ↓ -8%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $43.92 ↓ -8%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $43.92 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $57.97 ↑ +22%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $61.71 ↑ +29%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $61.71 ↑ +29%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +36%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $84.50 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $85.80 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $91.00 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $94.90 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $98.80 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $102.70 ↑ +115%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $105.85 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $110.50 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $116.63 ↑ +144%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↑ +144%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↑ +144%
United Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↑ +144%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↑ +144%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↑ +144%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↑ +144%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↑ +144%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $116.63 ↑ +144%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $116.63 ↑ +144%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +169%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $128.29 ↑ +169%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $130.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $130.00 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $130.00 ↑ +172%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $158.62 ↑ +232%
Health Net Commercial|Exchange $3,123.00 ↑ +6446%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $3,643.00 ↑ +7536%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,362.00 ↑ +9043%
United Commercial|HMO $10,740.00 ↑ +22411%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13,913.00 ↑ +29062%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,913.00 ↑ +29062%

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Electronic analysis with brain program first 15 min 95983 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $96.25 $83.84 – $226.21
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $128.12 – $320.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $134.99 – $1,333.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $122.28 – $1,333.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $128.09 – $183.42
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $460.87 – $1,333.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa not published $132.29 – $344.95
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo not published $103.94 – $226.21

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