Nuclear cardiac stress test Cost in Bakersfield, CA

Prices at 3 hospitals in Bakersfield, CA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $2,562 — 19% below the US median ($3,174), roughly 6.0× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Mercy Hospital	Bakersfield, CA	$2,221	$1,767	★ 3/5	193 min	—
Kern Medical Center	Bakersfield, CA	$2,562	$692	★ 1/5	306 min	—
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital	Bakersfield, CA	$2,969	$1,659	★ 3/5	240 min	—

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated October 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$8,002

Cash / self-pay

$2,562

Insurer-negotiated

$1,659

Medicare pays

$428

$2,289$2,887

Median cash $2,562 · Medicare $428 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $2,562 — about 6.0× the Medicare rate ($428). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($856).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $8,002 list price could save about $5,440 (68%).

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Doctors who perform this in Bakersfield

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Supratim Banerjee, M.D.	Cardiology	Bakersfield, CA	144
Richard Deits, M.D.	Cardiology	Bakersfield, CA	142
Tommy Lee, MD	Interventional Cardiology	Bakersfield, CA	136
Samir Samarany, M.D	Cardiology	Bakersfield, CA	136
Krishna Kylasa, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Bakersfield, CA	123
Sarabjit Singh, MD	Cardiology	Bakersfield, CA	117
Rasham Deep Sandhu, M.D	Cardiology	Bakersfield, CA	97
Leopoldo Puga, MD	Internal Medicine	Bakersfield, CA	80
Armando Gonzalez, M.D.	Internal Medicine	Bakersfield, CA	60
Nasser Khan, M.D.	Cardiology	Bakersfield, CA	54
Newton Phuong, M.D.	Cardiology	Bakersfield, CA	48
Md Moksedul Habib, M.D.	Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Bakersfield, CA	29

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