Screen/visual acuity/bilat/quant 99173 at SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield CA 93308|3001 Sillect Avenue, Bakersfield, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538157508
$14.10
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.
$94.00
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.
$37.51 with KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL vs $8,731.00 with WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- 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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| KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | $37.51 | ↑ +166% |
| BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE | $43.08 | ↑ +206% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $47.00 | ↑ +233% |
| COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | $47.00 | ↑ +233% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $47.86 | ↑ +239% |
| KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT | KERN LEGACY SHARE SELECT | $51.70 | ↑ +267% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS | BLUE CROSS MCS | $57.43 | ↑ +307% |
| KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | KERN LEGACY HP EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $61.10 | ↑ +333% |
| FIRST HEALTH/COVENTRY IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | FIRST HEALTH/COVENTRY IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | $68.62 | ↑ +387% |
| HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET HMO/POS/PPO/EPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $70.01 | ↑ +397% |
| PHCS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | PHCS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $70.50 | ↑ +400% |
| CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | CIGNA HMO/OPEN ACCESS | $71.91 | ↑ +410% |
| CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA- ALL OTHER PLANS | $71.91 | ↑ +410% |
| INTEGRATED HEALTH PLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | INTEGRATED HEALTH PLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +433% |
| THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | THREE RIVERS PROVIDER NETWORK IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +433% |
| AFFILIATED HEALTH FUNDS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | AFFILIATED HEALTH FUNDS IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +433% |
| HERITAGE/HPN COMM | HERITAGE/HPN COMM | $80.09 | ↑ +468% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | $84.60 | ↑ +500% |
| INTERPLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN IP/OP ONLY-ALL PLANS | $84.60 | ↑ +500% |
| BEECH STREET IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET IP/OP ONLY- ALL PLANS | $84.60 | ↑ +500% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $94.00 | ↑ +567% |
| KAISER MCAL IP/OP ONLY | KAISER MCAL IP/OP ONLY | $94.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BC MEDI-CAL | BC MEDI-CAL | $210.00 | ↑ +1389% |
| HEALTHNET MCAL | HEALTHNET MCAL | $239.00 | ↑ +1595% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $2,103.00 | ↑ +14815% |
| BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD HMO/POS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $2,336.00 | ↑ +16467% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | BLUE SHIELD EPO/PPO | $2,336.00 | ↑ +16467% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $2,897.00 | ↑ +20446% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $3,967.00 | ↑ +28035% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $4,710.00 | ↑ +33304% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $4,958.00 | ↑ +35063% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | $8,731.00 | ↑ +61822% |
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Screen/visual acuity/bilat/quant 99173 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3.33 | $1.30 – $4.90 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $6.12 | not published |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $6.18 | $7.20 – $11.88 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $39.60 | $57.20 – $79.20 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $9.89 | $5.75 – $23.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $3.05 | $4.80 – $5.88 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $41.23 | $0.08 – $2,699.00 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $19.65 | $36.00 – $36.00 |