Tc-99m mebrofenin at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$140.20
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.
$382.00
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.
$45.36 with LA Care vs $301.78 with MultiPlan — 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -68% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.36 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.73 | ↓ -55% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.73 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $109.32 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $117.14 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $136.21 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $138.60 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $147.87 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $183.98 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $187.21 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $187.21 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $187.21 | ↑ +34% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $191.00 | ↑ +36% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $248.30 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $252.12 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $267.40 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $290.32 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $301.78 | ↑ +115% |
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Tc-99m mebrofenin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $141.73 | $45.36 – $305.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $136.66 | $68.62 – $243.36 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $680.40 | $65.00 – $65.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $680.40 | $65.00 – $65.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $631.80 | $58.00 – $58.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $631.80 | $58.00 – $58.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $533.20 | $74.84 – $742.05 |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $680.40 | $65.00 – $65.00 |