Ultrasound hips infant dynamic at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$171.76
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.
$468.00
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.
$109.14 with Molina vs $468.00 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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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $109.14 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $109.14 | ↓ -36% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $109.14 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $109.14 | ↓ -36% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $109.14 | ↓ -36% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $109.14 | ↓ -36% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $109.14 | ↓ -36% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $109.14 | ↓ -36% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $109.14 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $111.88 | ↓ -35% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $123.07 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $123.07 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $144.06 | ↓ -16% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $152.16 | ↓ -11% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $153.34 | ↓ -11% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $153.34 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $182.03 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $182.03 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↑ +6% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $234.00 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $249.77 | ↑ +45% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $263.03 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $268.63 | ↑ +56% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $304.20 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $308.88 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $327.60 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $341.64 | ↑ +99% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $355.68 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $355.80 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $369.72 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $397.80 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $424.11 | ↑ +147% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $424.11 | ↑ +147% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $468.00 | ↑ +172% |
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Ultrasound hips infant dynamic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $173.63 | $109.14 – $424.11 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $428.85 | $5.33 – $374.87 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $180.90 | $111.51 – $391.59 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $610.40 | $129.00 – $129.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $610.40 | $129.00 – $129.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $421.20 | $81.00 – $81.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $421.20 | $81.00 – $81.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $304.58 | $17.61 – $376.36 |