G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$497.66
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.
$1,356.00
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.
$102.43 with Molina vs $14,699.00 with Aetna — 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 | $102.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -79% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.43 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $135.21 | ↓ -73% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $143.91 | ↓ -71% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $143.91 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $246.86 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $333.92 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +35% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +35% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +35% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $674.18 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $741.60 | ↑ +49% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $741.60 | ↑ +49% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $745.80 | ↑ +50% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $881.40 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $894.96 | ↑ +80% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $916.88 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $949.20 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $989.88 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,030.56 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,071.24 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,152.60 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,342.44 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,356.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,356.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,356.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,356.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +654% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +780% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +953% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +2698% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +2854% |
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G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $503.08 | $102.43 – $1,084.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $490.40 | $102.43 – $1,401.12 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $792.59 | $102.43 – $1,523.61 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,772.10 | $102.43 – $3,347.30 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $642.85 | $92.19 – $1,495.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $758.45 | $1,104.48 – $1,679.06 |
| St Jude Medical Center | Fullerton | $1,030.56 | $938.81 – $1,999.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $563.04 | $938.81 – $1,999.00 |