F-18 fdg pet diag at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$233.78
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.
$637.00
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.
$318.50 with Western Growers vs $637.00 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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| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $318.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $360.00 | ↑ +54% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $360.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $360.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $360.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $360.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $360.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $360.00 | ↑ +54% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $360.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $360.00 | ↑ +54% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $414.05 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $420.42 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $445.90 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $475.20 | ↑ +103% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $484.12 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $491.06 | ↑ +110% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $503.23 | ↑ +115% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $505.80 | ↑ +116% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $505.80 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $522.34 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $605.15 | ↑ +159% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $637.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $637.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $637.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $637.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $637.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $637.00 | ↑ +172% |
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F-18 fdg pet diag at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $236.33 | $318.50 – $637.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,347.35 | $360.00 – $3,085.04 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $404.27 | $157.04 – $594.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $194.04 | $133.65 – $491.06 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $51.00 | $600.21 – $897.82 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $51.00 | $715.95 – $897.82 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $187.28 | $66.99 – $319.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $652.75 | $201.36 – $822.22 |