Unlisted laparoscopic procedure 49659 at SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
3001 Sillect Avenue Bakersfield CA 93308|3001 Sillect Avenue, Bakersfield, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1538157508
$160.80
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.
$1,072.00
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.
$75.60 with BLUE CROSS MCS vs $7,775.56 with UNIVERSAL HEALTH PLAN MCARE-ALL OTHER 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 MCS | BLUE CROSS MCS | $75.60 | ↓ -53% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.60 | ↓ -53% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $130.00 | ↓ -19% |
| UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL HC MCAL PROFEE ONLY | $130.00 | ↓ -19% |
| BC MEDI-CAL | BC MEDI-CAL | $130.00 | ↓ -19% |
| KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | KERN HEALTH SYSTEMS MCAL | $183.30 | ↑ +14% |
| EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $750.40 | ↑ +367% |
| GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | GEM CARE- ALL PLANS | $804.00 | ↑ +400% |
| COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | COUNTY OF KERN - ALL PLANS | $804.00 | ↑ +400% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE- ALL PLANS | $857.60 | ↑ +433% |
| AETNA- ALL PLANS | AETNA- ALL PLANS | $1,192.55 | ↑ +642% |
| UNIVERSAL HEALTH PLAN MCARE-ALL OTHER PLANS | UNIVERSAL HEALTH PLAN MCARE-ALL OTHER PLANS | $7,775.56 | ↑ +4736% |
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Unlisted laparoscopic procedure 49659 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $7,413.14 – $7,413.14 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $7,413.14 – $7,413.14 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,103.57 | $428.67 – $1,623.86 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $707.52 | $422.18 – $422.18 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $7,413.14 – $13,082.50 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | not published | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | not published | not published |
| Panorama Medical Center | PANORAMA CITY | not published | not published |