Pr removal foreign body external auditory canal without anesthesia at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$96.53
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.
$263.00
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.
$39.73 with Molina vs $14,699.00 with Aetna — 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.73 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $39.73 | ↓ -59% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.73 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.73 | ↓ -59% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.73 | ↓ -59% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $39.73 | ↓ -59% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $39.73 | ↓ -59% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $39.73 | ↓ -59% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $39.73 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $65.55 | ↓ -32% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $88.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $88.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $131.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $150.94 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +70% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +70% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +70% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +70% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +70% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $170.95 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $180.16 | ↑ +87% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $180.16 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $184.10 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $199.88 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $204.17 | ↑ +112% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $207.77 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $213.03 | ↑ +121% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $222.74 | ↑ +131% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $260.37 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $263.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $263.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $263.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $898.00 | ↑ +830% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,871.00 | ↑ +1838% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $3,123.00 | ↑ +3135% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +3590% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $3,643.00 | ↑ +3674% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +4191% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,362.00 | ↑ +4419% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +5693% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $13,923.00 | ↑ +14323% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,699.00 | ↑ +15127% |
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Pr removal foreign body external auditory canal without anesthesia at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $39.73 – $163.78 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $241.74 | $179.30 – $1,687.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $80.59 | $31.31 – $118.58 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,145.97 | $188.91 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $189.21 | $171.12 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $718.08 | $179.26 – $721.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $216.24 | $1,333.00 – $8,222.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $246.33 | $185.13 – $4,042.00 |