Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,438.28
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.
$3,919.00
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.
$186.19 with Care 1st vs $7,372.90 with Cigna — 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.19 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.19 | ↓ -87% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $186.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $186.19 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $245.77 | ↓ -83% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $261.60 | ↓ -82% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $261.60 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $448.72 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $606.98 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,629.93 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,646.57 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,752.95 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,913.71 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,959.50 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +37% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +37% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +37% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,973.80 | ↑ +37% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $2,171.18 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $2,171.18 | ↑ +51% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $2,547.35 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,583.85 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $2,586.54 | ↑ +80% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,684.37 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,743.30 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,978.44 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,096.01 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,163.82 | ↑ +120% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,163.82 | ↑ +120% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,163.82 | ↑ +120% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,163.82 | ↑ +120% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $7,372.90 | ↑ +413% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,372.90 | ↑ +413% |
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Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,453.95 | $186.19 – $7,372.90 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $563.27 | $281.68 – $6,807.55 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,964.33 | $186.19 – $6,787.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,715.00 | $186.19 – $7,771.48 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $652.39 | $186.19 – $1,110.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,512.32 | $1,720.93 – $3,745.56 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,119.61 | $186.19 – $1,087.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $1,284.52 | $186.19 – $4,677.90 |