Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$86.62
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.
$236.00
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.
$96.84 with LA Care vs $236.00 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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| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.84 | ↑ +12% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.84 | ↑ +12% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.84 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.84 | ↑ +12% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.84 | ↑ +12% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.84 | ↑ +12% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.84 | ↑ +12% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.84 | ↑ +12% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.84 | ↑ +12% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $118.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $127.83 | ↑ +48% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $136.06 | ↑ +57% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $136.06 | ↑ +57% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $153.40 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $155.76 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $165.20 | ↑ +91% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $175.87 | ↑ +103% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $179.36 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $186.44 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $193.52 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $224.20 | ↑ +159% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $233.38 | ↑ +169% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $236.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $236.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $236.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $236.00 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $236.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $87.56 | $96.84 – $233.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $140.53 | $46.31 – $175.42 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $69.39 | $49.56 – $287.21 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $121.54 | $96.84 – $221.84 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $16.49 | $8.50 – $484.20 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $209.84 | $87.16 – $488.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $205.67 | $96.84 – $526.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $261.46 | $96.84 – $641.60 |