Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$376.18
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.
$1,025.00
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.
$122.34 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 | $122.34 | ↓ -67% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $122.34 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $122.34 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $122.34 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $122.34 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $122.34 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $122.34 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $122.34 | ↓ -67% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $122.34 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $161.49 | ↓ -57% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $171.89 | ↓ -54% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $171.89 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $294.84 | ↓ -22% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +5% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +5% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $395.66 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $398.83 | ↑ +6% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $435.23 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $435.23 | ↑ +16% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $512.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $538.10 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $564.64 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $656.24 | ↑ +74% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $666.25 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $676.50 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $717.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $779.00 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $809.75 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $886.04 | ↑ +136% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,025.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,740.00 | ↑ +2755% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $13,913.00 | ↑ +3598% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,913.00 | ↑ +3598% |
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Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $441.51 | $185.09 – $786.24 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $145.86 | $51.74 – $196.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $465.10 | $122.34 – $3,827.00 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $516.00 | $110.11 – $1,200.00 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $573.30 | $277.71 – $513.77 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $322.19 | $122.34 – $7,832.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $266.67 | $122.34 – $654.40 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $264.07 | $122.34 – $5,761.00 |