Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 1.1 - 2.0 cm at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$513.44
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.
$1,399.00
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.
$82.45 with Molina 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $82.45 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $136.04 | ↓ -74% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $182.61 | ↓ -64% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $182.61 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $313.23 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $423.70 | ↓ -17% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $699.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +74% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +74% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +74% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +74% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +74% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +74% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $909.35 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $979.30 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $983.38 | ↑ +92% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $983.38 | ↑ +92% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,063.24 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,105.21 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,133.19 | ↑ +121% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,215.81 | ↑ +137% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,385.01 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,399.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,399.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,399.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +466% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +631% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +648% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +690% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +752% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $4,982.00 | ↑ +870% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +921% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,793.00 | ↑ +1028% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +1080% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $7,821.00 | ↑ +1423% |
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Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 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 | $82.45 – $893.98 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,313.76 | $954.29 – $2,695.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $281.06 | $78.39 – $296.94 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,461.15 | $1,005.45 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,469.82 | $910.78 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,628.43 | $954.10 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,012.86 | $3,331.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,406.07 | $985.34 – $4,042.00 |