Psy/npsy tst admin tech 2> ea l 30 min at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$112.67
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.
$307.00
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.
$35.69 with Care 1st vs $14,561.00 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 | $35.69 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.69 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.69 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.69 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.69 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.69 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.69 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.69 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $35.69 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.11 | ↓ -58% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $50.14 | ↓ -55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $50.14 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $86.01 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $116.35 | ↑ +3% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $153.50 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $199.55 | ↑ +77% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $214.90 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $233.32 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $242.53 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $248.67 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $307.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $307.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $307.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $307.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +2480% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +5279% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,631.00 | ↑ +10223% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,561.00 | ↑ +12824% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14,561.00 | ↑ +12824% |
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Psy/npsy tst admin tech 2> ea l 30 min at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $1,921.00 – $1,921.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $5,592.00 – $5,592.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $5,835.00 – $5,835.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $2,335.00 – $2,335.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | not published | $5,981.00 – $5,981.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | not published | $2,238.00 – $2,238.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | not published | $5,171.00 – $5,171.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $1,142.00 – $1,142.00 |