Marker biop eviva buckle ss 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

$1,093.50

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.

$7,290.00

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.

$51.79 with BLUE SHIELD EPN vs $209.04 with KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL — 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
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $51.79 ↓ -95%
BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO $57.56 ↓ -95%
BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS $57.56 ↓ -95%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $64.40 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $65.25 ↓ -94%
WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS $67.24 ↓ -94%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $67.78 ↓ -94%
UHC HMO UHC HMO $67.78 ↓ -94%
GEM CARE- ALL PLANS GEM CARE- ALL PLANS $70.20 ↓ -94%
HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $71.32 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $72.51 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS MCS BLUE CROSS MCS $72.51 ↓ -93%
AETNA- ALL PLANS AETNA- ALL PLANS $77.22 ↓ -93%
KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT $78.00 ↓ -93%
COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS $78.00 ↓ -93%
KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $78.00 ↓ -93%
CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS $81.12 ↓ -93%
CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS $81.12 ↓ -93%
FIRST HEALTH/COVENTRY IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS FIRST HEALTH/COVENTRY IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS $93.60 ↓ -91%
PHCS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS PHCS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS $101.40 ↓ -91%
INTERPLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS INTERPLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS $109.20 ↓ -90%
HERITAGE/HPN COMM HERITAGE/HPN COMM $116.22 ↓ -89%
AFFILIATED HEALTH FUNDS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS AFFILIATED HEALTH FUNDS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS $124.80 ↓ -89%
INTEGRATED HEALTH PLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS INTEGRATED HEALTH PLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS $124.80 ↓ -89%
THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS $124.80 ↓ -89%
BEECH STREET IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS BEECH STREET IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS $132.60 ↓ -88%
GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS $140.40 ↓ -87%
KAISER MCAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MCAL IP/OP ONLY $156.00 ↓ -86%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $156.00 ↓ -86%
HEALTHNET MCAL HEALTHNET MCAL $185.80 ↓ -83%
KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL $209.04 ↓ -81%

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Marker biop eviva buckle ss at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12,725.30 $6.25 – $22.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,588.10 $6.25 – $24.25
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $977.62 $12.48 – $40.56
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $3,534.44 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $3,534.44 not published
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $687.12 $128.33 – $303.61
Panorama Medical Center PANORAMA CITY $3,534.44 not published
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $8,285.84 not published

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