Prev med cnsl indiv apprx 15 at SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield CA 93308|3001 Sillect Avenue, Bakersfield, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538157508
$9.30
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.
$62.00
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.
$23.73 with AETNA- ALL PLANS vs $87.42 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.
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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| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $23.73 | ↑ +155% |
| CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | $31.01 | ↑ +233% |
| CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | $31.01 | ↑ +233% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $32.93 | ↑ +254% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $32.93 | ↑ +254% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $32.93 | ↑ +254% |
| EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $43.40 | ↑ +367% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $43.96 | ↑ +373% |
| BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $46.46 | ↑ +400% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | $46.46 | ↑ +400% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $46.50 | ↑ +400% |
| COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | $46.50 | ↑ +400% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | $49.60 | ↑ +433% |
| BC MEDI-CAL | BC MEDI-CAL | $62.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | $62.00 | ↑ +567% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $62.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $73.16 | ↑ +687% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS | BLUE CROSS MCS | $73.16 | ↑ +687% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | $87.42 | ↑ +840% |
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Prev med cnsl indiv apprx 15 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $51.00 | not published |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $7.28 | $8.60 – $236.00 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $14.44 | $0.71 – $675.81 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $18.15 | $121.00 – $121.00 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $11.78 | $27.79 – $104.16 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $50.16 | $20.67 – $278.92 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $22.80 | $27.55 – $407.41 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $5.32 | $17.82 – $304.00 |