Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$543.16

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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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$1,480.00

Gross charge

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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.

$76.90 with LA Care vs $1,169.20 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.

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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.

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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $76.90 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $76.90 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $76.90 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $76.90 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $76.90 ↓ -86%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $76.90 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $76.90 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $76.90 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $76.90 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $101.51 ↓ -81%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $108.04 ↓ -80%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $108.04 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -75%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -75%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -75%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -75%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $148.63 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $148.63 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $183.76 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $185.33 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $215.76 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $232.04 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $250.69 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $499.43 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $570.84 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $570.84 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $580.45 ↑ +7%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $740.00 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $783.72 ↑ +44%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $962.00 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $976.80 ↑ +80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,036.00 ↑ +91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,124.80 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,169.20 ↑ +115%

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Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $549.08 $76.90 – $1,184.00
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $579.75 $5.63 – $403.27
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $271.13 $116.35 – $527.07
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $1,030.40 $142.00 – $142.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $1,030.40 $142.00 – $142.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $561.60 $96.00 – $96.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $561.60 $96.00 – $96.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $423.90 $21.27 – $523.80

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