Evoked potential visual not glaucoma at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$670.88
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.
$1,828.00
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.
$39.52 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 | $39.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $39.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $39.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $39.52 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.52 | ↓ -94% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $39.52 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $65.21 | ↓ -90% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $150.99 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $158.23 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $183.90 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $204.24 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $248.30 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -41% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -41% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -41% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $435.23 | ↓ -35% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $435.23 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $538.10 | ↓ -20% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $914.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,188.20 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,206.48 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,279.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,389.28 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,444.12 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,828.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +1501% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +1974% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +1974% |
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Evoked potential visual not glaucoma at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $678.19 | $39.52 – $1,462.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $746.79 | $48.61 – $1,329.90 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $1,177.41 | $101.12 – $1,649.60 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $224.64 | $200.63 – $513.77 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $941.42 | $39.52 – $1,828.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $602.92 | $39.52 – $3,827.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $856.80 | $98.55 – $513.77 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $247.68 | $189.43 – $513.77 |