Biospy of bladder at SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield CA 93308|3001 Sillect Avenue, Bakersfield, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538157508
$33.90
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.
$226.00
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.
$41.00 with AETNA- ALL PLANS vs $321.35 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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| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $41.00 | ↑ +21% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS | BLUE CROSS MCS | $75.60 | ↑ +123% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.60 | ↑ +123% |
| EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $158.20 | ↑ +367% |
| COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | $169.50 | ↑ +400% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $169.50 | ↑ +400% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | $180.80 | ↑ +433% |
| UNIVERSAL HEALTH PLAN MCARE-ALL OTHER PLANS | UNIVERSAL HEALTH PLAN MCARE-ALL OTHER PLANS | $321.35 | ↑ +848% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Biospy of bladder at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $309.02 – $309.02 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $309.02 – $309.02 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $141.92 | $87.48 – $539.32 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $5,456.36 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $5,456.36 | not published |
| Panorama Medical Center | PANORAMA CITY | $5,456.36 | not published |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,798.99 | $336.70 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $159.65 | $205.15 – $365.54 |