Allergy Skin Testing at SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield CA 93308|3001 Sillect Avenue, Bakersfield, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538157508
$1.80
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.
$12.00
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.
$1.90 with MEDI-CAL vs $1,104.48 with UNIVERSAL HEALTH PLAN MCARE-ALL OTHER PLANS — 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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| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $1.90 | ↑ +6% |
| UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | $1.90 | ↑ +6% |
| BC MEDI-CAL | BC MEDI-CAL | $1.90 | ↑ +6% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | $2.68 | ↑ +49% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $3.84 | ↑ +113% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | $3.84 | ↑ +113% |
| FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | $3.84 | ↑ +113% |
| HEALTHNET MCR ADV | HEALTHNET MCR ADV | $3.84 | ↑ +113% |
| HERITAGE/HPN MCR ADV | HERITAGE/HPN MCR ADV | $3.84 | ↑ +113% |
| KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT | KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT | $3.84 | ↑ +113% |
| OSCAR - ALL PLANS | OSCAR - ALL PLANS | $3.84 | ↑ +113% |
| PREMIER PHYSICIAN ALLIANCE PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS | PREMIER PHYSICIAN ALLIANCE PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS | $3.84 | ↑ +113% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $3.84 | ↑ +113% |
| KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.22 | ↑ +134% |
| EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $4.22 | ↑ +134% |
| COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | $4.22 | ↑ +134% |
| NETWORK PROVDRS LLC MCARE-ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVDRS LLC MCARE-ALL PLANS | $4.99 | ↑ +177% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | $5.34 | ↑ +197% |
| CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | $5.35 | ↑ +197% |
| CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | $5.35 | ↑ +197% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $5.56 | ↑ +209% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $5.56 | ↑ +209% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $5.56 | ↑ +209% |
| HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $5.59 | ↑ +211% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $5.76 | ↑ +220% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $6.84 | ↑ +280% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $7.25 | ↑ +303% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | $7.66 | ↑ +326% |
| BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $7.66 | ↑ +326% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS | BLUE CROSS MCS | $8.67 | ↑ +382% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $8.67 | ↑ +382% |
| UNIVERSAL HEALTH PLAN MCARE-ALL OTHER PLANS | UNIVERSAL HEALTH PLAN MCARE-ALL OTHER PLANS | $1,104.48 | ↑ +61260% |
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Allergy Skin Testing at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $7.92 | $1.90 – $7.66 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $3.60 | $1.90 – $8.65 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $5.78 | $1.90 – $152.00 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $3.24 | $1.90 – $523.31 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $23.85 – $1,180.86 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $30.14 – $1,219.29 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $34.18 – $1,104.48 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $13.64 – $1,157.02 |