Emg needle test 1-extremity at SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield CA 93308|3001 Sillect Avenue, Bakersfield, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538157508

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 29, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$18.60

Cash price

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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.

$124.00

Gross charge

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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.

$51.48 with AETNA- ALL PLANS vs $171.12 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AETNA- ALL PLANS AETNA- ALL PLANS $51.48 ↑ +177%
HEALTHNET MCR ADV HEALTHNET MCR ADV $53.31 ↑ +187%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $53.31 ↑ +187%
PREMIER PHYSICIAN ALLIANCE PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS PREMIER PHYSICIAN ALLIANCE PROFEE ONLY-ALL PLANS $53.31 ↑ +187%
OSCAR - ALL PLANS OSCAR - ALL PLANS $53.31 ↑ +187%
GEM CARE- ALL PLANS GEM CARE- ALL PLANS $53.31 ↑ +187%
KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT $53.31 ↑ +187%
FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $53.31 ↑ +187%
HERITAGE/HPN MCR ADV HERITAGE/HPN MCR ADV $53.31 ↑ +187%
BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV $53.31 ↑ +187%
COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS $58.64 ↑ +215%
KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $58.64 ↑ +215%
EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $58.64 ↑ +215%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $62.27 ↑ +235%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $65.60 ↑ +253%
BC MEDI-CAL BC MEDI-CAL $65.60 ↑ +253%
UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY $65.60 ↑ +253%
BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS $65.80 ↑ +254%
BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO $65.80 ↑ +254%
CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS $66.35 ↑ +257%
CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS $66.35 ↑ +257%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $69.11 ↑ +272%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $69.11 ↑ +272%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $69.11 ↑ +272%
NETWORK PROVDRS LLC MCARE-ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVDRS LLC MCARE-ALL PLANS $69.30 ↑ +273%
WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS $74.10 ↑ +298%
HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $77.67 ↑ +318%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $79.97 ↑ +330%
BLUE CROSS MCS BLUE CROSS MCS $88.13 ↑ +374%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $88.13 ↑ +374%
KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL $92.50 ↑ +397%
UNIVERSAL HEALTH PLAN MCARE-ALL OTHER PLANS UNIVERSAL HEALTH PLAN MCARE-ALL OTHER PLANS $171.12 ↑ +820%

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Emg needle test 1-extremity at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $334.34 $75.28 – $719.69
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $364.00 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $294.78 $92.59 – $524.94
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $364.00 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $364.00 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $364.00 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $409.76 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $409.76 not published

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