CMS Price Transparency Data

Upper endoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Adventist Health Bakersfield

Billing Code: 43239 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$541

about 0.6× the $927 Medicare rate · typically $235–$1,174

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$175

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $366 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $927 Fair price $541 This hospital $175 Cash price $70 Hospital's list price $468

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $125 Priciest $175

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Upper endoscopy with biopsy is about $541 (about 0.6× the $927 Medicare rate). Adventist Health Bakersfield charges insurers about $175, or about $70 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Bakersfield, CA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$125 - $182	13%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$125 - $656	13%
Aetnamajor	$163	18%
Cignamajor	$175	19%
Health Net	$125	13%
Oscar Health	$125	13%
+ 13 smaller / regional plans	$125 - $1,167

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 70), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 43239.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Adventist Health Bakersfield is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 43239.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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