Allergen egg white ige at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$19.09

Cash price

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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.

$52.00

Gross charge

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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.

$2.20 with Western Growers vs $14.99 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $2.20 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.86 ↓ -85%
CHN Sun View Commercial|All Plans $2.86 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|PremerTiered $2.91 ↓ -85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3.08 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3.22 ↓ -83%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3.35 ↓ -82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3.74 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.96 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.40 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.40 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|GemCare $4.40 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicaid|Non-GemCare $4.40 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $4.40 ↓ -77%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $4.40 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4.40 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4.40 ↓ -77%
LA Care Medicaid|> 21 $4.40 ↓ -77%
Care 1st Medicaid|> 21 $4.40 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.40 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.40 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $4.40 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.40 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $4.40 ↓ -77%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -77%
Kern Health System Medicaid|< 21 $4.40 ↓ -77%
Kern Health System Medicaid|> 21 $4.40 ↓ -77%
LA Care Medicaid|< 21 $4.40 ↓ -77%
Care 1st Medicaid|< 21 $4.40 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -77%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $4.40 ↓ -77%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $4.40 ↓ -77%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -77%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4.67 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Burn $4.84 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5.99 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.99 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $14.99 ↓ -21%

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Allergen egg white ige at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $19.30 $2.20 – $14.99
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3.95 $1.19 – $13.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $32.49 $1.04 – $7.66
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $29.58 $5.12 – $129.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $77.47 $2.20 – $13.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $19.41 $2.39 – $4.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $70.96 $1.19 – $15.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $31.62 $5.22 – $163.07

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