Evoked potentials auditory screening automated analysis at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$218.74
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.
$596.00
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.
$25.68 with LA Care 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $25.68 | ↓ -88% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $25.68 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $33.90 | ↓ -85% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $36.08 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $36.08 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $61.89 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $83.72 | ↓ -62% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $193.50 | ↓ -12% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $251.55 | ↑ +15% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $270.90 | ↑ +24% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $294.12 | ↑ +34% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $305.73 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $313.47 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $387.00 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +4810% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +6261% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +6261% |
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Evoked potentials auditory screening automated analysis at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $149.52 | $25.68 – $309.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $268.94 | $38.86 – $408.72 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $207.04 | $42.37 – $288.09 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $284.07 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $272.64 | $25.68 – $437.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $249.71 | $25.68 – $437.08 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $330.99 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $459.00 | not published |