Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device at SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield CA 93308|3001 Sillect Avenue, Bakersfield, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538157508
$4,063.05
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.
$27,087.00
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.
$13.28 with BLUE SHIELD EPN vs $4,875.00 with BC MEDI-CAL — 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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| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $13.28 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $14.76 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | $14.76 | ↓ -100% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $16.51 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $16.73 | ↓ -100% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $17.38 | ↓ -100% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $17.38 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS | BLUE CROSS MCS | $18.59 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $18.59 | ↓ -100% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | $19.32 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $19.80 | ↓ -100% |
| KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $20.00 | ↓ -100% |
| COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | $20.00 | ↓ -100% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $20.00 | ↓ -100% |
| KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT | KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT | $20.00 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | $20.80 | ↓ -99% |
| CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | $20.80 | ↓ -99% |
| FIRST HEALTH/COVENTRY IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | FIRST HEALTH/COVENTRY IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | $24.00 | ↓ -99% |
| PHCS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | PHCS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $26.00 | ↓ -99% |
| INTERPLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $28.00 | ↓ -99% |
| HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $29.79 | ↓ -99% |
| HERITAGE/HPN COMM | HERITAGE/HPN COMM | $29.80 | ↓ -99% |
| THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $32.00 | ↓ -99% |
| AFFILIATED HEALTH FUNDS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | AFFILIATED HEALTH FUNDS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $32.00 | ↓ -99% |
| INTEGRATED HEALTH PLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | INTEGRATED HEALTH PLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $32.00 | ↓ -99% |
| BEECH STREET IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | $34.00 | ↓ -99% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | $36.00 | ↓ -99% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $40.00 | ↓ -99% |
| KAISER MCAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MCAL IP/OP ONLY | $40.00 | ↓ -99% |
| HEALTHNET MCAL | HEALTHNET MCAL | $47.64 | ↓ -99% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | $53.60 | ↓ -99% |
| EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $3,412.50 | ↓ -16% |
| UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | $4,875.00 | ↑ +20% |
| BC MEDI-CAL | BC MEDI-CAL | $4,875.00 | ↑ +20% |
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Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,686.67 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,686.67 | not published |
| Panorama Medical Center | PANORAMA CITY | $1,686.67 | not published |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,934.30 | not published |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,934.30 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,757.06 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,313.98 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,757.06 | not published |