Compatibility test incubate at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$62.76
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.
$171.00
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.
$66.09 with BCBS - Anthem vs $225.76 with Kaiser — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $66.09 | ↑ +5% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $83.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $83.22 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $89.55 | ↑ +43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $91.47 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $91.47 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $107.90 | ↑ +72% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $107.90 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $109.56 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $116.20 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $121.18 | ↑ +93% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $126.16 | ↑ +101% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $131.14 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $141.10 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $149.40 | ↑ +138% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $166.00 | ↑ +164% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $182.60 | ↑ +191% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $182.60 | ↑ +191% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $217.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $225.76 | ↑ +260% |
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Compatibility test incubate at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $63.45 | $83.00 – $166.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $15.33 | $9.45 – $84.46 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $86.80 | $15.20 – $121.60 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $44.99 | $32.13 – $153.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $84.98 | $47.85 – $181.50 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $155.40 | $1.60 – $405.38 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $93.74 | $50.07 – $348.37 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $87.98 | $37.09 – $424.57 |