Blood typing abo at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$64.96
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.
$177.00
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.
$3.34 with Kern Health System vs $163.78 with Health Net — 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 System | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.34 | ↓ -95% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.34 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.41 | ↓ -95% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.41 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.41 | ↓ -95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.41 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.41 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.41 | ↓ -95% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.41 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $3.41 | ↓ -95% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $3.41 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.59 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3.59 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3.59 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3.59 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $4.61 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $8.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $8.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $11.12 | ↓ -83% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $14.44 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $15.39 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $16.56 | ↓ -75% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $18.77 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $18.77 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $19.06 | ↓ -71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $20.21 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $21.08 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $21.95 | ↓ -66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $22.81 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.54 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.99 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $28.87 | ↓ -56% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $28.87 | ↓ -56% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $28.87 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $28.87 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $28.87 | ↓ -56% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $28.87 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $28.87 | ↓ -56% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $28.87 | ↓ -56% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $28.87 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $31.76 | ↓ -51% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $31.76 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $39.27 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +152% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $163.78 | ↑ +152% |
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Blood typing abo at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $65.67 | $3.34 – $28.87 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $131.40 | $3.23 – $23.92 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $190.30 | $0.60 – $30.07 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $248.37 | $5.98 – $179.30 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $93.74 | $3.41 – $10.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $147.86 | $2.99 – $29.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $85.85 | $2.70 – $10.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $239.70 | $5.98 – $30.77 |