Contact lens fitting ou at SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield CA 93308|3001 Sillect Avenue, Bakersfield, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538157508
$5.40
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$36.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$25.20 with EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS vs $152.52 with BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $25.20 | ↑ +367% |
| COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | $27.00 | ↑ +400% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $27.00 | ↑ +400% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | $28.80 | ↑ +433% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $36.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BC MEDI-CAL | BC MEDI-CAL | $36.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | $36.00 | ↑ +567% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | $50.76 | ↑ +840% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $61.23 | ↑ +1034% |
| CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.31 | ↑ +1295% |
| CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | $75.31 | ↑ +1295% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $79.31 | ↑ +1369% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $79.31 | ↑ +1369% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $79.31 | ↑ +1369% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $113.01 | ↑ +1993% |
| BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $119.42 | ↑ +2111% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | $119.42 | ↑ +2111% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS | BLUE CROSS MCS | $152.52 | ↑ +2724% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $152.52 | ↑ +2724% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Contact lens fitting ou at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $19.00 | $1.71 – $143.48 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $6.84 | $36.00 – $143.48 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $66.00 | $20.67 – $119.42 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $30.00 | $36.00 – $144.47 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $7.00 | $36.00 – $143.48 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $17.00 | $36.00 – $144.47 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $27.00 | $36.00 – $152.52 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE | Tulare | $6.84 | $36.00 – $124.79 |