Excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia 1.1 - 2.0 cm at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$878.97
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.
$2,395.00
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.
$85.02 with Partnership Health Plan vs $7,821.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $85.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $85.02 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $85.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $85.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $85.02 | ↓ -90% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $85.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $85.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $85.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $85.02 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $140.28 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $188.30 | ↓ -79% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.30 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $322.99 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $436.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,197.50 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,556.75 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,676.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,820.20 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,892.05 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,939.95 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +134% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +134% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +134% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +134% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +134% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +134% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +134% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $2,058.68 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,264.55 | ↑ +158% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,264.55 | ↑ +158% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,371.05 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,395.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,395.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,395.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,799.80 | ↑ +219% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +231% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +337% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +361% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +467% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $5,420.00 | ↑ +517% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +559% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +589% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $6,323.00 | ↑ +619% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,572.00 | ↑ +761% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +790% |
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Excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia 1.1 - 2.0 cm at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $85.02 – $2,058.68 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,036.03 | $1,921.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $521.48 | $85.02 – $351.82 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,375.69 | $2,345.04 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,395.58 | $2,124.23 – $9,858.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $2,819.79 | $2,225.27 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $2,290.41 | $5,981.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,247.68 | $2,238.00 – $4,042.00 |