Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$1,006.32
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,742.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$188.05 with Care 1st vs $2,166.18 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.05 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $188.05 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.05 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $188.05 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.05 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.05 | ↓ -81% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $188.05 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $188.05 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $188.05 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $248.23 | ↓ -75% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $264.21 | ↓ -74% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $264.21 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $453.20 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -49% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -49% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -49% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -49% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $561.63 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $561.63 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $613.04 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $694.38 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $848.52 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $848.52 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $978.67 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,052.54 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,339.48 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,371.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,556.80 | ↑ +55% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,782.30 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,809.72 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,919.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,976.45 | ↑ +96% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,976.45 | ↑ +96% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,083.92 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,101.95 | ↑ +109% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,166.18 | ↑ +115% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,017.29 | $188.05 – $2,193.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,660.46 | $284.50 – $2,956.98 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,282.74 | $80.37 – $3,299.94 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,115.81 | $538.74 – $1,029.56 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,436.18 | $188.05 – $4,868.64 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,567.76 | $188.05 – $4,420.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,967.84 | $188.05 – $2,083.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,626.72 | $567.62 – $1,301.11 |