Screening Mammogram at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$330.30
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.
$900.00
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.
$119.45 with Care 1st vs $825.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 | $119.45 | ↓ -64% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $119.45 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $119.45 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $119.45 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $119.45 | ↓ -64% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $119.45 | ↓ -64% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $119.45 | ↓ -64% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $119.45 | ↓ -64% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $119.45 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $157.67 | ↓ -52% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $167.83 | ↓ -49% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $167.83 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $217.46 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $217.46 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $217.46 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $217.46 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $287.87 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $389.41 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $402.31 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $412.50 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $432.68 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $449.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $449.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $536.25 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $544.50 | ↑ +65% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $577.50 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $602.25 | ↑ +82% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $627.00 | ↑ +90% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $651.75 | ↑ +97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $701.25 | ↑ +112% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $825.00 | ↑ +150% |
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Screening Mammogram at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $333.90 | $119.45 – $660.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $205.86 | $105.30 – $414.57 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $264.42 | $102.09 – $241.53 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $709.41 | $97.76 – $629.92 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $353.10 | $119.45 – $768.32 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $259.74 | $100.90 – $382.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $257.16 | $119.45 – $487.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $466.65 | $99.75 – $825.51 |