Parathyroid planar imaging at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$542.43
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.
$1,478.00
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.
$137.86 with Care 1st vs $1,976.45 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 | $137.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $137.86 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $137.86 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $137.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $137.86 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $181.98 | ↓ -66% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.69 | ↓ -64% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.69 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $332.24 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $449.42 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $500.24 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -6% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -6% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -6% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -6% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $538.00 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $550.19 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $561.63 | ↑ +4% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $561.63 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $639.45 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $694.38 | ↑ +28% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $739.00 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $863.38 | ↑ +59% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $960.70 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $975.48 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,034.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,123.28 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,167.62 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,976.45 | ↑ +264% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,976.45 | ↑ +264% |
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Parathyroid planar imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $548.34 | $137.86 – $1,976.45 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,328.90 | $208.57 – $2,366.52 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $724.68 | $80.37 – $1,047.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,961.46 | $422.89 – $589.01 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,454.78 | $137.86 – $2,897.86 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,111.89 | $137.86 – $1,464.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,159.15 | $137.86 – $2,083.30 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,033.99 | $534.43 – $589.01 |