Salivary gland function exam at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$360.77
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.
$983.00
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.
$124.10 with Kaiser vs $1,976.45 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $124.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $124.10 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $124.10 | ↓ -66% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $124.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $124.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $124.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $124.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $124.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $124.10 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $163.81 | ↓ -55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $174.36 | ↓ -52% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $174.36 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $299.08 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $380.45 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $404.57 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $409.17 | ↑ +13% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $491.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +42% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +42% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +42% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $561.63 | ↑ +56% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $561.63 | ↑ +56% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $638.95 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $648.78 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $688.10 | ↑ +91% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $694.38 | ↑ +92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $717.59 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $747.08 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $776.57 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $835.55 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +135% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $848.52 | ↑ +135% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↑ +135% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↑ +135% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $983.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,976.45 | ↑ +448% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,976.45 | ↑ +448% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Salivary gland function exam at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $364.70 | $124.10 – $1,976.45 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $911.04 | $187.75 – $1,824.90 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,399.27 | $124.10 – $970.20 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $280.77 | $111.51 – $531.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $573.20 | $124.10 – $511.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $425.83 | $111.69 – $1,364.43 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $646.94 | $197.32 – $1,250.48 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $518.39 – $825.67 |