Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn;1st lesion 10007 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$914.94
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.
$2,493.00
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.
$259.49 with Molina vs $5,592.00 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 | $259.49 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $259.49 | ↓ -72% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $259.49 | ↓ -72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $259.49 | ↓ -72% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $259.49 | ↓ -72% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $259.49 | ↓ -72% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $259.49 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $259.49 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $259.49 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $342.53 | ↓ -63% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $364.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $364.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $625.37 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $845.94 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -2% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -2% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -2% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -2% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -2% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $983.38 | ↑ +7% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $983.38 | ↑ +7% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,215.81 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,371.15 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,620.45 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,745.10 | ↑ +91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,894.68 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,969.47 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,019.33 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,468.07 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,493.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,493.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,493.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +289% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +310% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +320% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +343% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +353% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +378% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +473% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +511% |
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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn;1st lesion 10007 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $924.91 | $259.49 – $1,994.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $969.30 | $392.58 – $1,726.14 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,667.49 | $259.49 – $2,537.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,527.24 | $259.49 – $2,537.22 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,039.88 | $259.49 – $1,485.12 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,314.08 | $774.16 – $1,894.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $406.90 | $125.52 – $523.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,361.66 | $259.49 – $1,125.63 |