Tc-99m exametazime diag at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$832.73
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.
$2,269.00
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.
$454.09 with Care 1st vs $2,269.00 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 | $454.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $454.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $454.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $454.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $454.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $454.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $454.09 | ↓ -45% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $454.09 | ↓ -45% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $454.09 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $599.40 | ↓ -28% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $638.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $638.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,019.45 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,019.45 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,019.45 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,019.45 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,019.45 | ↑ +22% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,019.45 | ↑ +22% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,019.45 | ↑ +22% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,019.45 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,019.45 | ↑ +22% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,019.45 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $1,094.36 | ↑ +31% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,121.39 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,121.40 | ↑ +35% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,134.50 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,323.86 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,323.86 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,323.86 | ↑ +59% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,386.45 | ↑ +66% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,474.85 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $1,480.33 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,497.54 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,588.30 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,659.99 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,724.44 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,792.51 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,930.25 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,269.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,269.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $841.80 | $454.09 – $1,815.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,243.49 | $686.99 – $2,214.42 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,725.70 | $454.09 – $3,951.36 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,772.63 | $454.09 – $4,431.56 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $667.09 | $454.09 – $1,860.58 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $2,868.49 | $454.09 – $3,613.26 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,168.54 | $454.09 – $2,132.86 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,182.15 | $454.09 – $4,982.51 |