X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$221.67
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.
$604.00
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.
$54.64 with Care 1st vs $936.54 with Cigna — 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 | $54.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.64 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.64 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $54.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $54.64 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $72.12 | ↓ -67% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $76.77 | ↓ -65% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $76.77 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $131.68 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $178.13 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +2% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +2% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +2% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +2% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $226.19 | ↑ +2% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $248.81 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $248.81 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $270.19 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $272.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $290.58 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $307.62 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $337.91 | ↑ +52% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $353.60 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $359.04 | ↑ +62% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $380.80 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $392.73 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $401.74 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.74 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $401.74 | ↑ +81% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $413.44 | ↑ +87% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $429.76 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $530.26 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $936.54 | ↑ +322% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $936.54 | ↑ +322% |
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X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $224.09 | $54.64 – $936.54 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $398.10 | $3.36 – $388.02 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $1,047.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $467.79 | $82.67 – $864.73 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $1,047.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,047.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,047.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $478.40 | $161.00 – $161.00 |