Chromosome study additional at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$69.00
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.
$188.00
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.
$16.97 with Kern Health System vs $148.52 with MultiPlan — 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 | $16.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $16.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.33 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.33 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.33 | ↓ -75% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.33 | ↓ -75% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.33 | ↓ -75% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.33 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.33 | ↓ -75% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.33 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.33 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.14 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $34.43 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $34.43 | ↓ -50% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $34.43 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $34.43 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $34.43 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $34.43 | ↓ -50% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $34.43 | ↓ -50% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $34.43 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $34.43 | ↓ -50% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $36.50 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $37.87 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.32 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $41.32 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $41.32 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $41.32 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $41.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $46.82 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $56.50 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $67.01 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $72.11 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $94.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $94.31 | ↑ +37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $98.94 | ↑ +43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $98.94 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $109.61 | ↑ +59% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $122.20 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $124.08 | ↑ +80% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $131.60 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $142.88 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $147.99 | ↑ +114% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $148.52 | ↑ +115% |
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Chromosome study additional at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $69.75 | $16.97 – $150.40 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $114.28 | $17.33 – $261.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $104.67 | $17.33 – $261.66 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $107.35 | $18.80 – $150.40 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $55.28 | $17.33 – $154.16 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $96.82 | $16.68 – $176.72 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $33.74 – $72.49 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $34.43 – $91.61 |