Placement localization device(s) breast percutaneous ultrasound guidance 1st lesion (both sides) at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$302.41
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.
$824.00
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.
$398.75 with Western Growers vs $5,592.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $398.75 | ↑ +32% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $471.25 | ↑ +56% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +57% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +57% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +57% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +57% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +57% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +57% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +57% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +57% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.17 | ↑ +57% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $507.50 | ↑ +68% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $551.00 | ↑ +82% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $572.75 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $587.25 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $628.54 | ↑ +108% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $669.02 | ↑ +121% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $669.02 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $717.75 | ↑ +137% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $725.00 | ↑ +140% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $797.50 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $797.50 | ↑ +164% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +196% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $893.98 | ↑ +196% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $986.00 | ↑ +226% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +1078% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,753.00 | ↑ +1141% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +1270% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $4,377.00 | ↑ +1347% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,242.00 | ↑ +1633% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,281.00 | ↑ +1646% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,576.00 | ↑ +1744% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +1749% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Placement localization device(s) breast percutaneous ultrasound guidance 1st lesion (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $305.71 | $398.75 – $725.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,861.94 | $720.40 – $3,315.78 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,673.31 | $954.29 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,027.20 | $476.17 – $2,022.72 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,918.08 | $476.17 – $2,822.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $884.36 | $476.17 – $1,940.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,773.49 | $1,005.45 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,929.95 | $910.78 – $8,018.00 |