Megestrol 20 mg tabs 100 each bottle at SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield CA 93308|3001 Sillect Avenue, Bakersfield, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538157508
$9.00
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.
$60.00
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.
$3.28 with BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE vs $141.40 with AETNA- ALL 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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| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $3.28 | ↓ -64% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.64 | ↓ -60% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS | BLUE CROSS MCS | $4.37 | ↓ -51% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $17.26 | ↑ +92% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | $19.18 | ↑ +113% |
| BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $19.18 | ↑ +113% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $21.46 | ↑ +138% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $22.59 | ↑ +151% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $22.59 | ↑ +151% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | $25.11 | ↑ +179% |
| KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT | KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT | $25.99 | ↑ +189% |
| COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | $25.99 | ↑ +189% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $25.99 | ↑ +189% |
| KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $25.99 | ↑ +189% |
| CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | $27.03 | ↑ +200% |
| CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | $27.03 | ↑ +200% |
| FIRST HEALTH/COVENTRY IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | FIRST HEALTH/COVENTRY IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | $31.19 | ↑ +247% |
| PHCS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | PHCS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $33.79 | ↑ +275% |
| INTERPLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $36.39 | ↑ +304% |
| HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $38.72 | ↑ +330% |
| HERITAGE/HPN COMM | HERITAGE/HPN COMM | $38.73 | ↑ +330% |
| INTEGRATED HEALTH PLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | INTEGRATED HEALTH PLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $41.59 | ↑ +362% |
| AFFILIATED HEALTH FUNDS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | AFFILIATED HEALTH FUNDS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $41.59 | ↑ +362% |
| THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $41.59 | ↑ +362% |
| BEECH STREET IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | $44.19 | ↑ +391% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | $46.79 | ↑ +420% |
| KAISER MCAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MCAL IP/OP ONLY | $51.99 | ↑ +478% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $51.99 | ↑ +478% |
| HEALTHNET MCAL | HEALTHNET MCAL | $61.91 | ↑ +588% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | $69.66 | ↑ +674% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $141.40 | ↑ +1471% |
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Megestrol 20 mg tabs 100 each bottle at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $7.79 | $0.73 – $48.29 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $6.75 | $0.73 – $45.00 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $7.79 | $0.73 – $54.75 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO | Delano | $4.20 | $18.83 – $24.29 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL | Clearlake | $11.20 | $2.11 – $51.32 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $12.90 | $5.67 – $43.00 |
| RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | Marysville | $9.35 | $40.50 – $66.82 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $3.50 | $0.55 – $71.45 |