Insert spine fixation device at SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield CA 93308|3001 Sillect Avenue, Bakersfield, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538157508
$83.55
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.
$557.00
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.
$57.40 with EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS vs $523.20 with UHC HMO — 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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| EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $57.40 | ↓ -31% |
| COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | $61.50 | ↓ -26% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $61.50 | ↓ -26% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | $65.60 | ↓ -21% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $82.00 | ↓ -2% |
| BC MEDI-CAL | BC MEDI-CAL | $82.00 | ↓ -2% |
| UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | $82.00 | ↓ -2% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | $115.62 | ↑ +38% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $356.34 | ↑ +326% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $368.82 | ↑ +341% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | $389.76 | ↑ +366% |
| BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $389.76 | ↑ +366% |
| CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | $490.43 | ↑ +487% |
| CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | $490.43 | ↑ +487% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $495.53 | ↑ +493% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS | BLUE CROSS MCS | $495.53 | ↑ +493% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $523.20 | ↑ +526% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $523.20 | ↑ +526% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $523.20 | ↑ +526% |
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Insert spine fixation device at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $354.51 – $354.51 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $105.83 | $82.00 – $523.20 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $105.83 | $82.00 – $523.20 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $367.62 | $20.67 – $523.20 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $167.10 | $82.00 – $513.85 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $38.99 | $82.00 – $523.20 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $94.69 | $82.00 – $579.89 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI | Tehachapi | $150.39 | $82.00 – $513.85 |