Nerve conduction studies 3-4 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$315.99
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.
$861.00
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.
$102.19 with Care 1st vs $13,913.00 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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| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.19 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $134.89 | ↓ -57% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $143.58 | ↓ -55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $143.58 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $246.28 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $333.14 | ↑ +5% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +25% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +25% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +25% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $430.50 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $435.23 | ↑ +38% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $435.23 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $470.68 | ↑ +49% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $538.10 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $547.05 | ↑ +73% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $559.65 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $568.26 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $602.70 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $654.36 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $680.19 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $738.61 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $861.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +3299% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +4303% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +4303% |
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Nerve conduction studies 3-4 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $366.61 | $154.60 – $702.96 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $122.55 | $43.21 – $163.66 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $386.14 | $102.19 – $3,827.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $365.50 | $91.97 – $850.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $381.85 | $277.71 – $513.77 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $310.07 | $102.19 – $7,832.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $225.92 | $102.19 – $554.40 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $264.07 | $102.19 – $5,761.00 |